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ROB  ALLEN 


UNIVERSITY  - OF  ~ TORONTO 


The  Bulletin 


JUNE  22, 1998  ~ 51ST  YEAR  ~ NUMBER  21 


That’s  Entertainment 


Victoria  University  chaplain  Don  Matheson  (left)  enjoys  the  Irishman  with  the  snails  joke  from  alumnus  and 
honorary  degree  recipient  Donald  Sutherland’s  convocation  address  June  16.  The  noted  actor filled  his  time  with  dry 
wit  and  ad  lib  poetry:  he  may  even  have  gone  a little  long,  but  no  one  seemed  to  mind. 


Getting  Names  Right 
on  Convocation  Day 


BY  BRUCE  ROLSTON 

Mary  MacKeracher  is 

generally  understanding  about 
people  not  pronouncing  her  name 
right  the  first  time.  But  she  would 
have  appreciated  it  they  had  the 
day  last  fall  when  her  name  was 
read  out  at  U of  T convocation 
“I’m  used  to  it,  but  to  some  people 
it’s  important,”  she  said.  “At  convo- 
cation you’ve  got  all  your  family 
there.  It’s  really  the  only  way  you’re 
personally  represented  through  that 
entire  ceremony.” 

MacKeracher  got  the  chance  to 
draw  on  her  experience  this  year 
when  she  and  fellow  graduate 
student  Daniel  Hall  joined 
Professor  Peter  Reich  of  linguis- 
tics in  a new  project  to  ensure 
that  no  students  have  to  endure 
having  their  names  mispronounced 
when  they  graduate. 

At  the  June  15  convocation  of  St. 
Michael’s  and  Innis  colleges,  the 
linguistics  team  tried  their  new 
approach,  checking  pronunciations 
with  the  students  as  they  prepared 
for  their  procession. 


Graduating  students  are  already 
encouraged  to  indicate  on  their 
convocation  cards  if  they  have  any 
suggestions  to  help  the  convocation 
name  readers  to  pronounce  their 
names  correctly.  But  it  wasn’t  until 
Professor  Rona  Abramovitch,  sta- 
tus of  women  officer,  suggested  a 
more  precise  system  be  in  place  that 
Reich  put  his  mind  to  the  problem. 

“U  ofT  has  the  greatest  ethnic 
variation  of  perhaps  any  universi- 
ty or  college  in  the  world,”  he 
said.  “Rona  asked  would  it  be 
possible  somehow  for  the  depart- 
ment of  linguistics  to  help  with 
the  convocations  so  that  names 
are  pronounced  more  accurately.” 

Reich’s  idea  was  to  have  his  team 
add  to  the  individual  convocation 
cards,  collected  at  the  door  to  be 
read  out,  a selection  of  possible  pro- 
nunciations of  the  name  that  stu- 
dents could  indicate  by  checking  off 
or  circling.  Names  with  too  many 
possible  pronunciations  to  fit  on 
one  card  would  be  confirmed  by 
phone  before  the  ceremony.  The 
phonetic  symbology  would  be 
extremely  simple,  to  minimize  the 


training  required  of  the  readers. 

The  idea  was  tried  out  for  the 
first  time  at  that  Monday  convoca- 
tion and  by  all  accounts  worked 
quite  well.  While  it’s  hard  to  know 
for  sure  how  well  the  readers  did, 
Reich  is  hopeful  that  this  idea  can 
be  developed  much  further. 
Pronunciation,  he  said,  is  not 
something  the  university  should  be 
working  at  on  its  students’  last  day 
here  but  rather  their  first. 

Reich  is  eager  to  adapt  his 
approach  so  that  pronunciation 
becomes  a new  piece  of  personal 
information  in  the  files  of  the  uni- 
versity’s Student  Information 
System.  Students  would  have 
pronunciation  details  straightened 
out  when  they  arrived  at  university 
and  the  data  would  be  on  file  not 
only  for  convocations  but  for 
professors  in  class  as  well.  If  U ofT 
were  to  pioneer  the  development 
of  such  a system,  it  could  be 
imitated  by  universities  and  other 
institutions  world  wide  he  believes. 
“Within  two  years,  we  might 
even  be  looking  at  a marketable 
system,”  he  said. 


v 


New  Faculty 
to  Pay  Dues 


BY  JANE  STIRLING 

Faculty  and  librarians  hired 
as  of  July  1 will  pay  mandatory 
dues  to  the  U of  T Faculty 
Association  or  make  an  equivalent 
payment  to  a charity. 

At  the  June  18  Business  Board 
meeting,  members  approved  a rec- 
ommendation that  would  make 
“dues  check-off”  (the  Rand 
Formula)  a condition  of  employ- 
ment for  new  faculty  and  librarian 
hires.  “In  the  landscape  of 
Canadian  universities,  this  [dues 
check-off]  is  a well-known  posi- 
tion,” said  President  Robert 
Prichard.  “I  have  no  trouble 
recommending  this.” 

The  faculty  association  will  vote 
to  accept  the  recommendation  at  its 
meeting  June  24,  said  Professor  Bill 
Graham,  UTFA’s  president. 

Last  year  during  contract  negoti- 
ations the  faculty  association  and 
administration  agreed  to  establish  a 
joint  committee  to  investigate  the 
issue  of  mandatory  fees.  The  asso- 
ciation proposed  that  new  hires  pay 
dues  to  the  association;  those  who 
oppose  paying  fees  would  make  an 
equivalent  payment  to  an  agreed- 
upon  charity.  Membership  in 
UTFA  would  be  optional  and 
current  employees  would  not  be 
required  to  pay  dues  or  participate. 

When  the  six-member  commit- 
tee failed  to  reach  a unanimous 
decision,  the  issue  was  referred  to 
an  external  arbitration  panel  in  the 
fall.  On  May  28  the  three-person 


panel,  chaired  by  retired  chief 
justice  Alan  Gold,  recommended 
the  faculty  association’s  position. 
“The  faculty  association’s  proposal 
is  a fair  and  reasonable  accommo- 
dation,” Gold  says  in  his  report.  “It 
makes  no  excessive,  unreasonable 
or  abusive  demands  upon  the 
employees  who  will  be  affected.  It 
does  not  threaten  or  thwart  either 
democracy  or  academic  freedom. 
Indeed,  it  cam  be  seen  to  foster  it 
and  it  is  therefore  the  appropriate 
solution  to  the  present  dispute.” 

In  an  interview  Graham  said  the 
issue  of  fairness  is  at  the  root  of 
Gold’s  decision.  The  Rand 
Formula,  in  operation  at  most  uni- 
versities across  Canada,  helps  to 
balance  the  economic  forces  — 
through  its  right  to  collect  fees  from 
its  members  — during  collective 
bargaining,  he  noted. 

At  Business  Board  alumni  gover- 
nor John  Nestor  said  he  felt  a degree 
of  discomfort  imposing  this  decision 
on  employees  who  are  not  yet  at  the 
university  and  therefore  have  no  say 
in  its  implementation.  “It  seems  a 
back-door  way  of  getting  full 
faculty  support  for  UTFA.” 

Prichard  noted  he  preferred  the 
administration’s  position  “as  one 
that  is  more  respectful  of  our  col- 
leagues’ independence”  but  added 
the  arbitration  panel’s  reasoning 
was  fair.  The  imposition  of  com- 
pulsory fees  “deals  with  the  question 
of  sharing  the  burden.  Everyone 
benefits  from  the  work  done  by  this 
organization.” 


Union  Vote  Attracts 
Huge  Staff  Turnout 


Eighty-five  per  cent  of 

eligible  administrative  staff  on 
U of  T’s  three  campuses  cast 
their  ballots  June  5 and  9 on  the 
union  certification  issue,  says 
Professor  Michael  Finlayson,  vice- 
president  (administration  and  human 
resources). 

This  unofficial  figure  — not  yet 
confirmed  by  the  Ontario  Labour 
Relations  Board  — amounts  to 
slightly  more  than  2,500  out  of  a 
possible  2,984  voters.  "It’s  an 
absolutely  astounding  rate,” 
Finlayson  said  in  an  interview.  Last 
month  the  United  Steelworkers  of 
America  filed  an  application  for 
certification  with  the  labour  rela- 
tions board  seeking  to  become  the 
sole  bargaining  agent  for  U of  T 
administrative  staff. 

People  may  have  to  wait  four 
months  or  more  for  results  of  the 
vote.  A number  of  issues  need  to  be 


settled  before  the  labour  board  will 
open  the  ballot  boxes,  said  Mary 
Ann  Ross,  acting  director  of  labour 
relations.  Issues  to  be  resolved 
include  the  status  of  more  than 
1,000  disputed  staff  positions  and 
the  status  of  casual  employees  (the 
board  must  decide  whether  these 
positions  would  be  in  or  out  of  a 
potential  bargaining  unit)  as  well  as 
jurisdictional  disputes  for  staff  posi- 
tions by  campus  unions  CUPE 
1230  (library  workers)  and  3261 
(service  workers). 

A pre-hearing  to  attempt  to  nar- 
row down  the  number  of  issues  in 
dispute  has  been  scheduled  for  June 
24  at  the  labour  relations  office, 
Ross  said.  Tentative  dates  for  a 
hearing  are  June  29  and  30. 

For  certification  there  must  be  50 
per  cent  plus  one  of  the  ballots  cast 
and  counted  in  favour  of  union 
representation. 


In  Brief 


Architecure  faculty  has  new  name 

The  School  of  Architecture  and  Landscape  Architecture 
is  sporting  a brand  new  moniker.  Updating  the  name  to  the  Faculty  of 
Architecture,  Landscape,  and  Design  “reflects  our  changing  status  as  an 
academic  division  offering  graduate  level  professional  programs,”  said 
Professor  Larry  Richards,  dean  of  the  faculty.  The  new  name,  approved 
by  Governing  Council  in  late  April,  is  meant  to  reflect  the  broad  range 
of  emerging  career  streams,  hybrids  of  the  traditional  architecture 
and  design  fields,  that  many  architecture  school  graduates  are  now 
following,  Richards  added. 


Hildyard  new  principal  of  Woodsworth 

Professor  Angela  Hildyard  of  the  hicher  education  group 
in  the  department  of  theory  and  policy  studies  at  OISE/UT  has  been 
appointed  principal  of  Woodsworth  College  effective  Sept.  1.  Hildyard 
has  been  associate  dean  (research  and  field  activities)  at  OISE/UT 
since  1996,  following  a distinguished  career  of  service  at  the  institute. 
One  of  her  most  significant  accomplishments,  Provost  Adel  Sedra  says 
in  a memo  announcing  the  appointment,  was  her  work  as  leader  of  the 
OISE  negotiating  team  during  the  negotiations  for  merger  with 
U of  T.  “Throughout  the  process,  her  astute  negotiating  skills  and  calm 
leadership  were  instrumental  in  achieving  a successful  merger.” 
Hildyard  s term  ends  in  2005. 


Hindmarsh  appointed  dean  of  pharmacy 

Professor  Wayne  Hindmarsh,  dean  of  pharmacy  at  the 
University  of  Manitoba,  has  been  appointed  dean  of  the  Faculty  of 
Pharmacy  for  a seven-year  term  effective  Aug.  1.  Hindmarsh,  whose 
research  interests  include  neonatal  toxicity,  forensic  toxicology  and 
drug  abuse  prevalence,  has  published  widely  on  drug  distribution  in  the 
neonate  and  on  forensic  toxicology  and  has  written  two  books  on  drug 
abuse  Drugs:  What  Your  Kid  Should  Know  and  Too  Cool  for  Drugs.  He 
has  served  as  president  of  a number  of  bodies  including  the  Canadian 
Council  for  Accreditation  of  Pharmacy  Programs  and  the  Pharmacy 
Examining  Board  of  Canada  and  was  vice-chair  of  the  Manitoba 
Health  Research  Board  and  chair  of  the  fellowships  committee  of  the 
Medical  Research  Council  of  Canada.  Hindmarsh  replaces  Professor 
Donald  Perrier,  dean  since  1986. 


Awards  & Honours 


Faculty  of  Applied  Science  & 
Engineering 

Professor  Michael  Charles,  dean  of  the  Faculty 
of  Applied  Science  and  Engineering,  was  among  the 
15  eminent  professional  engineers  from  across  Canada 
to  be  elected  and  inducted  as  fellows  of  the  Canadian 
Academy  of  Engineering  during  the  annual  general 
meeting  June  4 in  Ottawa.  Fellows  are  elected  on  the 
basis  of  their  distinguished  service  and  contributions 
to  society,  to  the  country  and  to  the  profession. 


Professor  Emeritus  Gordon  Slemon  of  electrical 

and  computer  engineering  became  president  of  the 
Canadian  Academy  of  Engineering  during  the  acade- 
my’s annual  general  meeting  June  4 in  Ottawa.  The 
academy  is  an  independent,  self-governing  and  non- 
profit organization  established  in  1987  to  promote 
engineering  excellence  and  to  serve  the  nation  in 
matters  of  engineering  concern. 

Faculty  of  Arts  & Science 

Professor  Michael  Herren  of  the  Centre  for 
Medieval  Studies  and  York  University,  an  internation- 
ally recognized  leader  in  Hiberno-Anglo-Latin  stud- 
ies and  editor  of  the  Journal  of  Medieval  Latin,  has 
won  a prestigious  Guggenheim  Fellowship  from  the 
John  Simon  Guggenheim  Memorial  Foundation. 
Guggenheim  Fellows  are  appointed  on  the  basis  of 
unusually  distinguished  achievement  in  the  past  and 
exceptional  promise  for  future  accomplishment. 

Professor  Jean  Edward  Smith  of  political 
science  received  an  honorary  doctor  of  humane  letters 
degree  from  Marshall  University  in  Huntington,  West 
Virginia,  at  convocation  ceremonies  May  9.  Smith, 
author  of  the  highly  acclaimed  book  John  Marshall: 
Definer  of  a Nation,  was  cited  as  an  excellent  teacher 
and  an  outstanding,  prolific  writer. 

Faculty  of  Medicine 

Professor  Mark  Henkelman  of  medical 

biophysics  has  received  a gold  medal  award  for  his 


pioneering  contributions  to  magnetic  resonance  in 
medicine  and  biology  from  the  International  Society 
of  Magnetic  Resonance  in  Medicine.  The  award  was 
presented  at  the  society’s  April  1998  meeting  in 
Sydney,  Australia. 

Faculty  of  Nursing 

Professor  Dorothy  Pringle,  dean  ofthe  Faculty 

of  Nursing,  received  an  honorary  doctor  of  science 
degree  from  the  University  of  Lethbridge  at  convoca- 
tion ceremonies  in  May  for  her  outstanding  contribu- 
tions to  nursing  and  nursing  education  in  Canada. 
Pringle  has  published  over  20  articles  and  book 
chapters  and  delivered  many  keynote  addresses  on 
topics  related  to  the  health  care  system  and  nursing’s 
role,  health  services  for  the  elderly  and  their  family 
members  and  nursing  education  and  research. 

Office  of  the  President 

President  Robert  Prichard  received  an  honorary 
doctor  of  laws  degree  from  McMaster  University 
June  2.  Praising  his  leadership  of  U of  T through  a 
challenging  period  as  exemplary,  the  citation  also 
states  that  “his  presidency  has  been  a springboard  to  a 
significant  strengthening  of  postsecondary  education’s 
profile,  both  among  the  broader  public  and  in  the  cor- 
ridors of  Queen’s  Park  and  the  Parliament  in  Ottawa.” 
Prichard  is  chair  of  the  Council  of  Ontario 
Universities  and  a member  of  the  executive  committee 
of  the  Association  of  Universities  & Colleges  of 
Canada  and  the  Association  of  American  Universities. 

Woodsworth  College 

Professor  Noah  Meltz,  principal  of 

Woodsworth  College,  was  honoured  by  the  Canadian 
Industrial  Relations  Association  with  the  1998  Gerard 
Dion  Award,  given  to  a member  of  the  industrial  rela- 
tions community  who  has  made  an  outstanding  con- 
tribution to  the  field  of  industrial  relations.  The  award 
was  presented  at  the  association’s  annual  conference, 
part  of  the  Congress  of  the  Social  Sciences  and 
Humanities  held  at  the  University  of  Ottawa. 


On  the  Internet 


the  cardiac  gene  unit 


SITES  OF  INTEREST 


Where  to  send  the  kids 
during  the  summer 

Science  Outreach  is  an  educational  summer  camp  at  all 
three  campuses  aimed  at  students  in  grades  4 to  9 to  encourage 
enthusiasm  for  the  everyday  applications  of  science,  engineering, 
technology  and  mathematics.  The  camps  run  for  two  week-long 
programs:  June  29  to  July  31  and  August  10-21.  There  is  also  a 
special  girls  camp  August  3-7.  Although  the  Web  site  needs  some 
updating,  general  information  and  photos  are  available. 

http://www.ecf.utoronto.ca/ u/guests/ sciout 


If  you  like  pina  coladas,  getting  caught 
in  the  rain ... 

Ever  wondered  why  palm  trees  remain  intact  after  a 

hurricane’s  devastation  while  papaya  and  banana  trees  snap  off 
like  match  sticks?  Professor  Phil  Pointing  of  zoology  at  the 
University  of  Toronto  at  Mississauga  has  some  answers, 
beautifully  illustrated  with  photos  and  illustrations  of  these 
“wind  cheaters.” 

http://www.erin.utoronto.ca/~w3bio/ palms/PP 


Be  still  my  beating  heart ... 

"Wj 

Hi 


The  Cardiac  Gene  Unit  is 

a research  centre  for  cardio- 
vascular gene  discovery  and 
analysis.  Unit  researchers  are 
in  the  process  of  revealing 
undiscovered  genes  with 
potential  association  to  cardio- 
vascular diseases.  The  unit  is 
affiliated  with  the  Human  Genome  Project  whose  goal  is  to 
identify  all  the  estimated  80,000  genes  in  human  DNA  and 
determine  the  sequences  of  the  three  billion  chemical  bases  that 
make  up  human  DNA.  Although  this  Web  site  is  very  technical, 
one  can’t  help  marvelling  at  the  complexities  revealed  in  its  charts 
of  gene  classification,  cardiovascular  genes  and  chromosome 
maps.  The  pulsing  heart  graphic  is  great. 


(WB 


U ofT  Home  Pace 

www.utoronto.ca 

The  Campaign  for  U ofT 

www. uoftcampaign.com 

Research  Updates  (Notices) 

www.librarv.utoronto.ca/ww  w/rir/limpage/ 

PhD  Orals. 

www.sgs.utoronto.ca/phd_orals.htm 

U oeTJob  Opportunities 

w\vw.utoronto.ca:80/jobopps 

II  you  want  your  site  featured  in  this  space, 
please  contact  Audrey  Fong,  news  services 
officer,  at:  audrcv.longd'kitoronto.ea 


http://www.tcgu.med.utoronto.ca/homepage.html 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 2 — Monday,  June  22, 1998 


Roadside  Remembrance 


Friends  and  family  of  Robert  Ivetis  gathered  on  the  Queen’s  Park  side  of  the  McMurrich  Building  June  16  to  dedicate  a tree  to  the  memory  oflvens,  who  was  killed  while  at  work  in  the  anatomy 
department  April  16.  Police  are  still  searchingfor  co-worker  Stephen  Toussaint,  who  disappeared  the  same  day  Ivens’body  was  found. 


Board  Approves  Tuition  Fees  for 
Medical,  Dental  Residents 


BY  BRUCE  ROLSTON 

The  university  will  start 

charging  tuition  fees  to  its 
medical  and  dental  residents, 
Business  Board  decided  June  18. 

Dental  residents  and  postgradu- 
ate medical  trainees  entering  in 
1999  or  later  will  be  charged 
$1,950  a year.  This  year’s  new  resi- 
dents and  students  continuing  in 
their  programs  will  not  be  charged 
the  new  tuition  rate. 

The  board  also  made  the  com- 
mitment that  increases  in  years 
after  1999  will  not  exceed  five  per 
cent  for  the  normal  length  of  the 
program,  in  accordance  with  the 
university’s  new  policy  on  tuition. 

In  the  past  universities  have 
received  operating  grants  for  resi- 
dent students  in  their  affiliating 
teaching  hospitals  but  were  not 
allowed  to  charge  them  fees.  Since 
1984  U of  T’s  position  has  been 


that  students  should  make  some 
contribution  to  the  cost  of  the  pro- 
gram. Following  several  years  of 
consideration  the  Ministry  of 
Education  and  Training  and  the 
provincial  Ministry  of  Health 
announced  May  6 that  residents 
could  be  charged  tuition  fees. 

The  level  of  the  fee  was  deter- 
mined after  consultations  with  the 
Professional  Association  of  Interns 
and  Residents  of  Ontario,  and  with 
the  deans  of  medicine  and  dentistry. 
PAIRO,  which  represents  Ontario 
medical  residents,  remains  opposed 
to  any  fees  for  its  members. 
Business  Board  heard  from  PAIRO 
president  Amir  Janmohamed,  who 
said  that  since  residents  are  not  paid 
for  their  assistance  in  educating 
medical  students,  they  should  not 
be  charged  fees,  either. 

“Although  we  do  get  a salary  the 
idea  that  our  education  is  highly 
subsidized  is  wrong  and  misleading,” 


he  said.  “We  provide  significant 
educational  services  for  which  we 
are  not  paid.” 

Janmohamed  added  the  universi- 
ty should  keep  in  mind  the  impact 
on  future  relations  with  medical 
alumni.  “Future  medical  alumni 
will  remember  being  charged  for 
the  privilege  of  working  80  to  100 
hours  a week  when  we  were  least 
able  to  afford  it.” 

The  fee  will  have  a significant 
impact  on  residents,  whose  salaries 
run  from  $37,000  to  $57,000  a 
year,  he  said. 

President  Robert  Prichard 
defended  the  move,  saying  he  was 
“absolutely  confident  that  this  new 
fee  is  consistent  with  government 
policy  on  the  matter.”  Residents 
could  always  negotiate  with  their 
teaching  hospitals  through  collec- 
tive bargaining  to  achieve  full  or 
partial  rebates  of  the  fees  they’ve 
been  charged,  he  added. 


Powell  Receives  Honorary  Degree 


On  June  16,  in  a private 
ceremony  for  friends  and 
associates,  the  university  awarded 
an  honorary  degree  posthumously 


Marion  Powell 


to  Canadian  birth  control  pioneer 
Marion  Powell. 

Powell,  who  died  last  December, 
enhanced  a generation’s  conscious- 
ness about  sex  education  and  birth 
control  during  her  50-year  medical 
career  through  her  humanitarian 
concern  for  women’s  health.  She 
became  known  as  the  “mother  of 
birth  control”  in  Canada,  pushing 
for  reproductive  choices  years 
before  it  was  legal  in  this  country  to 
even  discuss  contraception.  As 
Scarborough’s  associate  medical 
officer  of  health  in  1966  she  helped 
launch  the  country’s  first  munici- 
pally funded  birth  control  clinic,  a 
facility  open  to  women  regardless 
of  age  or  marital  status. 

From  1972  to  her  retirement  in 
1988  she  taught  thousands  of  stu- 
dents as  a professor  in  the  Faculty 


of  Medicine  at  U of  T.  During  this 
time  she  influenced  a generation  of 
health  professionals  to  take  a more 
caring  and  responsive  approach  to 
the  health  care  needs  of  women. 

A U of  T graduate,  she  began  her 
teaching  career  at  St.  Mary’s 
Hospital  in  Timmins  and  ran  her 
family  practice  out  of  the  manse  of 
the  Presbyterian  Church,  which 
was  her  husband’s  charge.  When 
the  church  moved  her  husband  to 
Japan,  she  was  one  of  the  few 
foreigners  who  had  a licence  to 
practise  medicine  in  that  country. 

In  1988  she  received  the  Persons 
Award  for  improving  the  status  of 
women  in  Canada  and  in  1990  was 
named  a member  of  the  Order  of 
Canada.  She  died  suddenly  last 
December,  a few  weeks  after  her 
husband. 


Budget  Promises 
Funds  for  New  Hiring 


BY  BRUCE  ROLSTON 

BY  2000,  U OF  T’s  FACULTY 
complement  will  have 
returned  to  the  size  it  was  in  1994, 
Provost  Adel  Sedra  told  Business 
Board  at  its  meeting  June  18. 

Sedra  was  presenting  his  budget 
for  1998-2000  to  the  board  for  its 
approval.  He  told  the  board  that 
despite  recent  cutbacks  his  current 
budget  plan  envisions  the  creation 
of  106  new  faculty  positions  over 
the  next  two  years  and  43  new  full- 
time administrative  and  technical 
staff  positions,  made  possible,  in 
part,  by  the  rise  in  revenue  due  to 
the  recently  approved  increase  in 
tuition  fees. 

“In  total  numbers  we  will  have 
recovered  to  where  we  were  in 
1994,”  he  said. 

The  budget  predicts  a balanced 
budget  for  1999-2000  and  for 
subsequent  years,  Sedra  said. 

The  current  budget  covers  the 
next  two  years,  taking  advantage  of 
the  relative  certainty  provided 
by  the  government’s  two-year 
commitment  on  operating  grant 
funding  and  the  recently  approved 
two-year  tuition  schedule. 

The  budget  includes  the  alloca- 
tion of  $11  million  in  new  base 
spending  on  student  aid,  in  addition 
to  the  amount  that  was  recendy 
raised  by  the  U of  T fundraising 
campaign  with  the  assistance  of  the 


province’s  Ontario  Student 
Opportunity  Trust  Fund.  It  is  esti- 
mated that  spending  on  student 
financial  support  will  exceed  $50 
million  by  1999-2000. 

But  the  most  important  part  of 
Sedra’s  report  was  the  announce- 
ment of  $14.5  million  in  new  base 
funding  from  the  university’s 
Academic  Priorities  Fund  and  $17 
million  in  one-time-only  funding 
directed  at  academic  and  academic 
support  divisions,  allowing  the  hir- 
ing of  new  faculty  and  staff  in  areas 
of  high  academic  priority. 

The  106  new  faculty  Sedra 
promised  do  not  include  up  to  28 
new  faculty  positions  that  could 
also  be  raised  if  private  matching 
funds  are  found  for  named  chairs 
through  the  campaign,  Sedra  said. 

Teaching  assistants  and  students 
on  graduate  fellowships  will  also  see 
more  funds  directed  their  way.  The 
overall  TA  budget  is  going  up  over 
$1  million  over  the  next  two  years. 
The  graduate  fellowships  budget 
will  increase  $2.3  million,  $1.4  mil- 
lion more  than  was  anticipated 
when  the  province  announced  30 
per  cent  of  new  tuition  funds  must 
go  towards  student  aid. 

Substantial  funds  will  also  be 
allocated  to  the  library  for  new  hir- 
ing to  decrease  the  current  backlog 
in  cataloguing  and  allow  libraries  to 
remain  open  for  longer  in  holiday 
periods,  Sedra  said. 


Transition  Centre  to  Move 


of  T’s  Career  Transition 
Centre  has  been  given  a one- 
year  extension,  a new  name  and  a 
new  home. 

On  June  29  the  centre  is  moving 
to  the  North  Borden  Building.  In 
conjunction  with  this  move,  the 
centre  will  now  go  by  the  name 
Career  Transition  Services. 

“We  saw  a need  to  continue  the 
services  provided  by  the  transition 


centre,”  said  Janice  Draper,  manag- 
er, employment.  “In  addition  to 
counselling  and  workshops,  our 
clients  have  access  to  computers, 
printer,  fax,  photocopier  and  tele- 
phone as  well  as  the  learning  lab  to 
support  their  job  search.” 

The  centre  was  established  in 
1994  to  support  staff  released 
under  the  university’s  organization- 
al change  policy. 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 3 — Monday,  June  22, 1998 


ROB  ALLEN 


Drug  Resistance  Aid 
Found  in  Cleansers 


Lights,  Camera,  Reaction! 

Examining  the  womans  perspective  in  film 

by  Michah  Rynor 


BY  CHRISTINA  MARSHALL 

Researchers  at  U of  T have 
found  a synthetic  detergent 
commonly  used  in  household 
cleansers  could  be  effective  in  treat- 
ing multi-drug  resistance,  accord- 
ing to  an  article  published  in  the 
June  issue  of  the  American  journal 
of  Physiology. 

The  detergent  reduces  the 
amount  of  chemotherapy  drugs 
required  to  treat  multi-drug  resis- 
tance by  blocking  the  activity  of  a 
protein  that  acts  as  a “drug  pump” 
in  cancer  cells.  “While  the  synthet- 
ic chemical  is  probably  too  weak  to 
interfere  with  the  action  of  the 
drug  pump  it  might  be  a useful 
adjunct  to  standard  chemotherapy 
treatments  along  with  other 
relatively  non-toxic  detergents,” 
said  Dr.  Jeffery  Charuk  of  the 
department  of  medicine. 

For  three  years  Charuk  collected 
his  own  urine  in  an  effort  to  learn 
more  about  the  drug  pump  known 
as  P-glycoprotein,  which  occurs 
naturally  in  the  kidney.  He  found 
its  activity  was  profoundly  influ- 
enced by  the  detergent  nonylphe- 
nolethoxylate  (NPE),  a common 
component  in  hard  surface  and 
household  cleansers  that  is  also 
present  in  human  urine.  The  deter- 
gent is  absorbed  into  the  body 
through  skin  when  it  comes  into 
contact  with  people’s  hands  or  it 
can  be  ingested  when  people  eat 


from  dishes  that  have  been  washed 
with  the  compound. 

Charuk,  together  with  co-inves- 
tigators Dr.  Reinhart  Reithmeier  of 
the  department  of  medicine  and 
Dr.  Arthur  Grey  of  medical  genet- 
ics and  microbiology,  believes  there 
may  be  great  potential  to  using  such 
a compound  in  treating  cancer. 

It’s  estimated  that  approximate- 
ly 90  per  cent  of  all  cancer  deaths 
are  attributed  to  multi-drug 
resistance,  according  to  Professor 
Micheline  Piquette-Miller  of  the 
Faculty  of  Pharmacy.  The  phe- 
nomenon occurs  when  an  initially 
effective  chemotherapy  drug 
becomes  ineffective  due  to  the 
development  of  drug  pump  pro- 
teins in  cancer  cells  that  remove 
the  drug  before  it  can  reach  the 
target  cells.  Currently  multi-drug 
resistance  is  limited  by  giving 
drugs  such  as  cyclosporin  along 
with  chemotherapy  drugs. 

Using  such  a compound  instead 
of  cyclosporin  to  overwhelm  the 
drug  pumps  and  allow  chemother- 
apy drugs  to  reach  their  target 
could  be  a less  expensive  alternative 
and  probably  less  toxic  for  the 
kidneys  and  liver  than  cyclosporin, 
Charuk  believes. 

P-glycoprotein,  discovered  in 
1976  by  Dr.  Victor  Ling  of  the 
Ontario  Cancer  Institute,  is  also 
found  normally  in  the  intestine  and 
liver  although  its  role  in  these 
tissues  is  not  known. 


Scene  from  A Company  of  Strangers  (1991),  directed  by  Cynthia  Scott:  emotions  of people  vs.  issues  of  nationhood. 


Although  women  in  this  country  have  been 

directing  movies  since  the  early  days  of  silent 
films,  you  wouldn’t  know  it  from  the  dearth  of  serious 
research  on  the  subject.  This  will  all  change  next  year 
when  Gendering  the  Nation  — Canadian  Womens 
Cinema  is  released  by  U of  T Press. 

Professor  Kay  Armatage  of  women’s  and  cinema  studies 
at  Innis  College  co-edited  this  anthology  with  Professors 
Kass  Banning,  also  of  cinema  studies,  and  Janine 
Marchessault  and  Brenda  Longfellow  of  York  University. 

Armatage  and  her  co-workers  wanted  to  know  how 
women  filmmakers  such  as  Nell  Shipman,  Joyce 
Wieland,  Mireille  Danserseau  and  Paule  Baillargeon 
shaped  their  work  using  a Canadian  perspective.  “We 
wanted  to  ask  some  contemporary  questions  about 
nationhood  and  its  effect  on  women’s  cinema;”  says 
Armatage.  “How  does  Canada  as  a location  or  a land- 
scape shape  the  cinematic  identity  in  women’s  films?” 
Armatage  notes  that  women’s  films  are  commonly 
assumed  to  be  shaped  more  by  the  interior  psychology 


and  emotions  of  people  than  on  issues  of  nationhood 
and  locale,  “and  so  looking  for  an  inflection  of  nation 
along  with  gender  as  two  vector  points  in  women- 
directed  films  is  intriguing  to  find  and  identify. 

This  study,  according  to  Armatage,  is  unique  in  the 
world.  “No  other  country  has  published  a study  on  its 
women  film  directors  even  though  there  are  many, 
many  women  filmmakers  around  the  globe,  especially 
in  Germany,  Australia,  France  and  the  U.S.  In  Canada 
even  prominent  women  directors  are  often  ignored 
when  Canadian  film  is  examined.” 

In  fact  Armatage  says  that  last  year  a cinema  studies 
course  in  her  own  program  at  Innis  College  didn’t 
study  any  women  directors.  “So  if  people  question  why 
this  book  deals  only  with  women  directors,  I’ll  argue  by 
saying  that  there  are  many  universities  across  the  coun- 
try that  teach  cinema  studies  and  don’t  have  a single 
film  by  a woman  director  in  the  entire  course.  If  they 
attack  us  for  segregating  the  sexes  we’ll  attack  them 
right  back,”  she  laughs. 


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Cells  and  Aging 
Subject  of  Research 


BY  STEVEN DE  SOUSA 

That  breath  of  fresh  air  may 
not  be  what  the  doctor 
ordered  after  all. 

According  to  a study  in  this 
month’s  issue  of  Nature  Genetics , 
oxygen  actually  damages  our  nerve 
cells  and  the  resulting  harm  may 
play  a role  in  how  we  age  and  how 
long  we  live. 

Using  the  fruit  fly  as  a model  bio- 
logical system,  researchers  discovered 
that  motor  neurons  — nerve  cells 
that  control  movement  — are  the 
major  target  for  oxidative  damage, 
known  for  years  to  be  a key  factor 
affecting  aging  and  lifespan. 

Oxidative  damage  occurs  with 
each  breath  we  take  — our  cells 
naturally  fight  off  toxic  byproducts 
called  oxygen  radicals,  but  over 
time  the  cells  wear  down  and  toxins 
begin  to  accumulate,  causing 
system  failure,  aging  and  death. 

Led  by  Professor  Gabrielle 
Boulianne  of  medical  genetics  and 
microbiology  and  senior  scientist  at 
the  Hospital  for  Sick  Children,  the 
team  of  researchers  successfully 


increased  the  80-day  lifespan  of  the 
fruit  flies  by  40  per  cent  after 
inserting  them  with  a human  gene 
called  SOD,  known  to  protect 
against  oxidative  damage. 

“This  research  clears  up  a long- 
standing mystery:  which  cells,  when 
targeted  by  oxidative  damage,  limit 
the  lifespan  of  the  entire  organism,” 
Boulianne  said,  adding  the  findings 
suggest  the  study  of  lifespan  and 
aging  may  be  much  less  complicat- 
ed than  previously  believed. 

Recent  mutations  of  the  same 
SOD  gene  have  also  been  associat- 
ed with  Lou  Gehrig’s  disease, 
which  leaves  Boulianne  optimistic 
that  her  findings  may  provide  long- 
term potential  genetic  treatment 
for  Lou  Gehrig’s  and  other  neu- 
rodegenerative  diseases  including 
Alzheimer’s  and  Parkinson’s. 

“Were  closer  than  we’ve  ever 
been,”  Boulianne  said.  “But  the  reali- 
ty is  we’ve  been  able  to  do  this  in  flies 
and  the  technology  to  do  this  similar 
type  of  experiment  in  mice  and 
humans  isn’t  quite  there  yet  because 
our  nervous  system  is  so  much  more 
complex  than  that  of  the  fruit  fly.” 


Irish  Policing  Reviewed 


The  director  of  U of  T’s 
Centre  of  Criminology  has 
been  appointed  to  the  commission 
that  will  review  policing  in 
Northern  Ireland. 

As  one  of  seven  commissioners 
on  the  international  panel, 
Professor  Clifford  Shearing  will 
advise  the  Irish  government  on 
how  to  make  the  Royal  Ulster 
Constabulary  more  representative 
of  both  the  Roman  Catholic  and 
Protestant  communities.  Shearing 
has  served  as  director  of  research 


for  the  Marin  inquiry  on  the 
RCMP  and  was  a regular  consul- 
tant to  the  RCMP  external  review 
committee  that  was  established  in 
the  wake  of  the  inquiry.  He  has 
also  served  as  an  adviser  to  the 
MacDonald  commission  on  the 
RCMP. 

Internationally  Shearing  has  also 
been  highly  involved  in  the  evolu- 
tion of  policing  in  post-apartheid 
South  Africa  and  has  served  as  a 
policing  consultant  for  govern- 
ments in  Australia  and  Zimbabwe. 


Ten  Elected  to  Fellowship 
in  Royal  Society  of  Canada 


BYAILSA  FERGUSON 

Ten  faculty  members  are 
among  the  57  new  fellows 
elected  to  the  Royal  Society  of 
Canada.  In  keeping  with  the  soci- 
ety’s motto  — different  paths,  one 
vision  — the  new  fellows  come 
from  diverse  backgrounds  and 
disciplines  and  are  deeply  com- 
mitted to  excellence  within  their 
chosen  fields. 

Five  U of  T professors  were 
elected  to  the  Academy  of  Social 
Sciences  and  Humanities: 
Professors  Marcel  Danesi  of  the 
program  in  semiotics  at  Victoria, 
considered  the  most  outstanding 
figure  in  general  and  applied 
semiotic  studies  in  contemporary 
Canada;  Bernard  Dickens  of  the 
Faculty  of  Law,  a leading  analyst, 
author  and  educator  in  Canadian 
and  international  health  law  and 
bioethics;  Patricia  Fleming  of  the 


Faculty  of  Information  Studies  who 
has  a distinguished  international 
reputation  as  a historian  of  printing 
and  publication;  Alison  Prentice  of 
the  Ontario  Institute  for  Studies  in 
Education  of  the  University  of 
Toronto,  a pioneer  of  two  new 
fields  of  intellectual  endeavour  in 
Canada:  the  history  of  education 
and  women’s  history;  and  George 
Rigg  of  the  Centre  for  Medieval 
Studies,  who  has  for  the  past  30 
years  helped  to  keep  alive  the  cru- 
cial field  of  medieval  Latin  in 
Canada. 

Elected  to  the  Academy  of 
Science  are  Professors  Michael 
Thompson  of  chemistry,  widely 
considered  to  be  a founder  and 
world  leader  of  chemical  and 
biosensor  technology;  Spencer 
Barrett  of  biology,  a leading  plant 
evolutionary  biologist  who  has 
made  major  contributions  to  our 
understanding  of  the  selective 


mechanisms  responsible  for  the 
evolution  of  plant  reproductive 
systems  and  the  influence  of  floral 
design  and  display  on  mating 
patterns;  Peter  Ottensmeyer  of 
medical  biophysics,  a significant 
contributor  in  biomolecular 
microscopy  whose  scientific 
achievements  span  many  tradi- 
tional disciplines  and  have  had 
a decisive  international  impact; 
and  Victor  Ivrii  of  mathematics, 
Canada’s  most  distinguished 
expert  on  partial  differential 
equations. 

President  Roseann  Runte,  of 
Victoria  University,  a leading 
scholar  in  17th-  and  18th-century 
French  literature  with  ever-widen- 
ing research  interests  who  has  made 
outstanding  contributions  to 
education  both  nationally  and 
internationally,  joins  six  others 
elected  to  the  Academie  de  lettres 
et  des  sciences  humaines. 


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Mr.  Richard  R.  Adams,  Surgery 
Dr.  Gordon  E.  Agar,  Metallurgy  8c 
Materials  Science 

Dr.  Harvey  R.  Alderton,  Psychiatry 
Dr.  Harold  E.  Aldridge,  Department 
of  Medicine 

Prof.  Gregor  M.  Anderson,  Geology 
Mr.  Manuel  Andre,  Buildings  8c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 


Dr.  John  Balatinecz,  Faculty  of  Forestry 
Dr.  Peter  W.  Ball,  Erindale  Academic  Division 
Mr.  Van  Minh  Banh,  Hart  House 
Mr.  Jose  Baptista,  Buildings  8c  Grounds, 
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Prof.  Peter  Barry,  Division  of  Physical  Sciences 
Dr.  John  L.M.  Bean,  Obstetrics  8c  Gynecology 
Dr.  Roger  Beck,  Erindale  Academic  Division 
Miss  Vivian  Beeching,  Gerstein  Science 
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Mr.  Ronald  Bickerstaffe,  Property 
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Dr.  Joachim  Bielert,  Erindale  Academic 
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Prof.  Petro  Bilaniuk,  Study  of  Religion 
Dr.  Barbara  Birkett,  Department  of  Medicine 
Dr.  Brian  D.  Birt,  Otolaryngology 
Prof.  Ronald  Blair,  Division  of  Social  Sciences 
Mrs.  Diane  Boll,  Office  of  the  Registrar, 
Scarborough 

Prof.  John  Bossons,  Economics 
Mr.  Sidney  Brickman,  Chemical  Engineering 
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Dr.  Alice  Briggs,  Department  of  Medicine 
Dr.  Harvey  Brooker,  Psychiatry 
Prof.  R.  Craig  Brown,  History 
Prof.  Gary  Burfield,  OISE/UT 
Miss  Pushpa  Butani,  Faculty  of  Nursing 
Mrs.  Eva  I.  Butler,  Mechanical  8c  Industrial 
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Dr.  Patrick  N.  Byrne,  Division  of  Comparative 
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Prof.  Joan  Campbell,  History 
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Mr.  Douglas  Charles,  Faculty  of  Forestry 
Mr.  Rampersaud  Chatarpaul,  Administration 
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Dr.  Andrew  Chlebus,  Pediatrics 
Dr.  Massimo  Ciavolella,  Italian  Studies 
Ms.  Flora  Clark,  Innis  College 
Dr.  E.  Aileen  Clarke,  Preventive  Medicine 
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Dr.  Harvey  Coopersmith,  Department  of 
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Science 

Dr.  Cecil  B.  Craig,  Family  8c  Community 
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After  years  of  hard  work,  this  years  crop  ofUofT  retirees  has 


Mr.  Dimas  Da  Costa,  Buildings  8c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 
Dr.  Anne  C.  Dale,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Mrs.  Rosa  Dantas,  Hart  House 
Mr.  Bruce  Darlington,  Administrative 
Management  Systems 
Dr.  Ronald  Davidson,  Pediatrics 
Prof.  Alan  Davies,  Victoria  University 
Mr.  Ifor  Davies,  Geology 
Prof.  Jean- Louis  de  Lannoy,  Division  of 
Social  Sciences 

Mr.  Luis  De  Melo,  Buildings  8c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 
Dr.  John  Deck,  Pathology 
Mr.  Federico  S.  Dela  Cruz,  Physical  Plant, 
Erindale 

Dr.  Franfois  Des  Roches,  French 
Mr.  Anthony  Desfigies,  Metallurgy  8c 
Materials  Science 

Mrs.  Rosemary  Diamond,  Astronomy 
Prof.  Leonard  Doucette,  Division  of  Humanities 
Ms.  Millie  M.  Drag,  Office  of  Governing 
Council 

Mrs.  Rosa  Drangova,  Pathology 
Mr.  Karl  F.  Dreher,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 

Ms.  D’seree  Dublin,  Faculty  of  Information 
Studies 

Prof.  Dennis  Duffy,  English 

Dr.  Arlington  F.  Dungy,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 


Prof.  Anthony  Eardley,  Architecture  8c 
Landscape  Architecture 
Mr.  Ben  Eardley,  OISE/UT 
Mr.  Roger  Ellis,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Dr.  John  Endrenyi,  Electrical  8c  Computer 
Engineering 

Dr.  David  Engel,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Dr.  David  Evans,  Anesthesia 


Millie  Drag 

Office  of  Governing  Council 


Millie  Drag  is  currently  renovating  her  house; 
she  wants  to  sell  it  and  move  to  Midland  to  be  clos- 
er to  her  family.  Having  just  recently  become  a 
grandmother,  she  says  she  would  “ like  to  get  into 
a less  fast-paced  environment.  I’m  due  for  a little 
watching  of  stars.  ” Drag,  who  joined  U of  Tin 
1917,  says  she  especially  enjoyed  her  time  with 
the  Governing  Council  office.  “In  Simcoe  Hall, 
you  really  get  to  know  how  the  university  works. ” 


Dr.  Mei-Ying  Fan,  Pathology 
Mrs.  Rose  Farkas,  Playfair  Neuroscience  LJnit 
Dr.  Helen  Farquharson,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Dr.  Gary  Fillion,  Erindale  Academic  Division 
Prof.  Michael  F.  Filosa,  Division  of  Life 
Sciences 

Mr.  Roy  Fischer,  School  of  Graduate  Studies 
Ms.  Mary  Helen  Fitzpatrick,  Office  of  the 
Chief  Librarian 

Dr.  James  D.  Fleck,  Rotman  School  of 
Management 

Ms.  Agnes  Foran,  Buildings  8c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 

Mrs.  Ada  Forsyth,  Division  of  Life  Sciences 
Prof.  Martin  L.  Friedland,  Faculty  of  Law 
Mrs.  Ann  Froebel,  V.W.  Bladen  Library, 
Scarborough 


Prof.  Donald  Galbraith,  OISE/UT 
Mr.  David  Garth,  OISE/UT 
Mr.  Omer  J.  Gaudet,  Buldings  8c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 
Mrs.  Klara  Geher,  Banting  8c  Best 
Department  of  Medical  Research 
Prof.  Charles  Genno,  German 
Dr.  Reynold  J.M.  Gold,  Medical  Biophysics 
Prof.  Andre  M.  Gombay,  Erindale  Academic 
Division 

Dr.  David  Goring,  Chemical  Engineering  8c 
Applied  Chemistry 
Prof.  Paul  Grendler,  History 
Dr.  Cyril  I.  Gryfe,  Depart  ment  of  Medicine 


Dr.  Benjamin  Hadar,  Medical  Imaging 
Miss  Farida  S.  Haji,  Purchasing  Department 
Mr.  Peter  Hajnal,  Collection  Development 
Department,  Library 
Mrs.  Jean  Atsuko  Hall,  Counselling  8c 
Learning  Skills  Service 
Mr.  Richard  D.  Hands,  Property  Management 
Design  8c  Construction 
Dr.  William  B.  Hanley,  Pediatrics 
Prof.  Michael  J.  Hare,  Erindale  Academic 
Division 

Dr.  Joan  E.  Harrison,  Department  of  Medicine 
Ms.  Rose  Marie  Harrop,  Counselling  8c 
Learnings  Skills  Service 
Dr.  William  A.  Hawke,  Psychiatry 
Prof.  Jeffrey  Heath,  English 
Dr.  Johan  A.  Hellebust,  Botany 
Prof.  Gerald  Helleiner,  Economics 
Dr.  Carol  Hennessy,  OISE/UT 
Mrs.  Mary  Hill,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Prof.  Jerry  Hogan,  Psychology 
Mr.  Norman  N.  Holder,  Chemistry 
Prof.  Samuel  Hollander,  Economics 
Mr.  Clive  R.  Horsfall,  Technical  Services, 
Erindale 

Dr.  Trevor  M.  Hunt,  Pediatrics 
Dr.  William  S.  Hunter,  Ophthalmology 
Mrs.  Peggy  Hutchison,  Health 
Administration 

Mrs.  Maria  Huzar,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 


Mrs.  Maie  lives,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Dr.  Louis  Iribarne,  Slavic  Languages  8c 
Literatures 

Mrs.  Tipi  Isikozlu,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 

Dr.  Tervo  Izukawa,  Pediatrics 


Peter  Hajnal 

Collection  Development , U of  T Library 

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Peter  Hajnal  isn’t  done  with  U of  T yet;  he’s 
going  on  to  a research  associate’s  position  at  the 
Centre for  International  Studies . He  first joined 
U of Tin  1968  as  a librarian;  after  a few  years 
at  the  United  Nations  library  in  New  York,  he 
returned  to  Robarts  Library  in  1974,  working 
in  government  publications,  and  collection 
developments.  His  current  passion,  however,  is 
the  university's  G7  research  group,  whose  Web 
site  he  helped  set  up.  He  says  that  experience 
reminded  him  that  “the  library  profession  has 
changed  immensely,  in  very  large  part  by 
technology , since  I began  my  career.  ” 


Dr.  Mary  James,  Department  of  Medicine 
Dr.  Richard  D.T.  Jenkin,  Radiation  Oncology 
Mr.  Kerry  Jepson,  Purchasing  Department 
Mr.  Jeremias  Jeronimo,  Buildings  8c 
Grounds,  Facilities  8c  Services 
Dr.  Bielert  Joachim,  Erindale  Academic 
Division 

Dr.  Michael  Johnson,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Mrs.  Gertrud  Jorgensen,  Faculty  of 
Dentistry 


Mrs.  Esther  Kao,  Faculty  of  Law 
Dr.  Allan  Katz,  Pathology 
Prof.  John  Kay,  Division  of  Humanities 
Mrs.  Jacqueline  Kemp,  Office  of  the  Registrar, 
Scarborough 

Prof.  Harvey  Kerpneck,  English 
Dr.  Jatinder  Khanna,  Pharmacology 
Mrs.  Sylvia  Khatchadourian,  Preventive 
Medicine  8c  Biostatics 
Prof.  Franfoise  Khettry,  French 
Mrs.  Zorka  Kirjakovich,  Buildings  8c 
Grounds,  Facilities  8c  Services 
Ms.  Alexandra  Kiru,  Buildings  8c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 

Prof.  Maxine  R.  Kleindienst,  Erindale  Academic 
Division 

Mr.  Siegmut  Koch,  Zoology 
Mr.  Paskalis  Kokonidis,  Metallurgy  8c 
Materials  Science 

Dr.  Lester  Krames,  Erindale  Academic 
Division 

Prof.  Ivan  Kupka,  Mathematics 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 6 — Monday,  June  22, 1998 


opportunity  to  ponder  how  to  spend  a little  time  on  themselves 


Henry  Pietersma 

Victoria  College 


Henry  Pietersma  has  been  at  Victoria  practically 
his  entire  career, joiningin  1961  after  attending 
graduate  school  here  as  well.  While  he  plans  to 
spend  some  time  exercising  his  “passion for plants,  ” 
his  main  goal  now  is  to  continue  his  research  and 
writing  on  the  topics  of  epistemology  and  the 
writings  of  philosophers  Soren  Kierkegaard  and 
Karl  Barth.  “A professor  doesn  ’t  completely  retire. 
We’ve  still  got  half of our  lives,  the  research,  still 
going.” 


Prof.  Michael  Laine,  Victoria  University 
Mrs.  Enid  K.  Lawson,  Office  of  the  Associate 
Dean,  Scarborough 
Mr.  Ricardo  Ledesma,  Property 

Management,  Design  6c  Construction 
Mrs.  Chin-Sun  Lee,  East  Asian  Library 
Dr.  Ming  J.  Lee,  Anatomy  6c  Cell  Biology 
Mrs.  Anne  Legge,  Faculty  of  Law 
Prof.  Malcolm  Levin,  OISE/UT 
Dr.  Henry  Levison,  Pediatrics 
Ms.  Norma  Lewis,  Office  of  the  Chief 
Librarian 

Mrs.  Chih-Mei  Lim,  East  Asian  Studies 
Prof.  Robert  Lockhart,  Psychology 
Mr.  William  Lockrey,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  Frederick  Lowy,  Psychiatry 


Mrs.  Joan  M.  MaCaskill,  Buildings  6c 
Grounds,  Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  Ross  MacKay,  Department  of  Medicine 
Mr.  Alexander  MacKenzie,  Property 
Management,  Design  6c  Construction 
Mr.  Wilfred  F.  MacNeil,  Buildings  6c 
Grounds,  Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  William  MacPherson,  Preventive 
Medicine  6c  Biostatics 
Dr.  Kenneth  J.  MacRitchie,  Psychiatry 
Dr.  James  H.P.  Main,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Dr.  Andrew  Malleson,  Psychiatry 
Miss  Hanna  Markowicz,  Slavic  Languages 
6c  Literatures 

Mrs.  Deborah  L.  Marshall,  History 
Prof.  Gino  Matteo,  English 
Dr.  D.  Dale  McCarthy,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Dr.  Kenneth  O.  McCuaig,  Anatomy  6c  Cell 
Biology 

Mrs.  Patricia  McDonell,  Innis  College 


Prof.  Douglas  D.  McLean,  Division  of 
Geological  6c  Mineral  Engineering 
Prof.  Keith  McLeod,  OISE/UT 
Mr.  Edward  B.  Mead,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  Raymond  Measures,  Institute  for 
Aerospace  Studies 

Mrs.  Teresa  Miao,  Computer  Science 
Prof.  Louis  Mignault,  Division  of  Humanities 
Dr.  Marvin  E.  Miller,  Psychiatry 
Mrs.  Mary  Moneta,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 

Miss  Marjorie  Morden,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 

Mr.  Adelino  F.V.S.  Morte,  Technical 
Services 

Mr.  John  Morton,  Office  of  the  Dean,  Faculty 
of  Medicine 

Dr.  Rebeka  Moscarello,  Psychiatry 
Dr.  Lawrence  Mudie,  Family  6c  Community 
Medicine 

Dr.  Helios  Murialdo,  Medical  Genetics  6c 
Microbiology 

Mrs.  Jean  Mutrie,  Innis  College 


Dr.  Anthony  J.  Naldrett,  Geology 
Mrs.  Gizella  Nemeth,  Buildings  6c 
Grounds,  Facilities  6c  Services 
Prof.  Peter  Nesselroth,  Centre  for 
Comparative  Literature 
Dr.  Samuel  Newman,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Dr.  Riazuddin  Nizami,  Pediatrics 
Dr.  Edward  J.G.  Noble,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Prof.  David  Nowlan,  Economics 


Prof.  Joseph  O’Connell,  Study  of  Religion 
Prof.  Walter  O’Grady,  English 
Dr.  Donal  O’Leary,  Pediatrics 
Mrs.  Beverley  Oziewicz,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 


Mr.  Ramiro  Pacheco,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  Robert  H.  Painter,  Biochemistry 
Mr.  Douglas  Pasley,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 
Mr.  G.  John  Peck,  Zoology 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  Perdikis,  Building  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  8c  Services 

Mr.  Valdis  Peterson,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 

Ms.  Anna  Pezacki,  High  Performance  Research 
Computing 

Mr.  Michael  Phillips,  Psychiatry 
Prof.  Henry  Pietersma,  Victoria  University 
Dr.  Stanislav  Popovic,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Mrs.  Rita  Pybus,  Rotman  School  of 
Management 


Mrs.  Ivenia  Quashie,  Purchasing  Department 


Prof.  Kenneth  Rea,  Economics 
Prof.  Donald  Redford,  Near  6c  Middle 
Eastern  Civilizations 
Dr.  John  Relton,  Anesthesia 
Mrs.  Maria  Repasy,  Hart  House 
Prof.  John  Revell,  Near  6c  Middle  Eastern 
Civilizations 


Miss  Remedios  Reyes,  Library,  Erindale 
Dr.  Beverly  Richardson,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Prof.  Richard  Risk,  Faculty  of  Law 
Prof.  John  Robinson,  Massey  College 
Miss  Jessica  Roff,  OISE/UT  . 

Mr.  Giulio  Romano,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  David  Rowe,  Physics 
Mr.  Domenico  S.  Ruccella,  Buildings  6c 
Grounds,  Facilities  6c  Services 
Prof.  John  Rucklidge,  Geology 
Prof.  Stephen  T.  Rusak,  OISE/UT 


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Dr.  Isaac  Sakinofsky,  Psychiatry 
Prof.  Alan  E.  Samuel,  Classics 
Ms.  Margot  Saunders,  Faculty  of  Dentistry 
Ms.  Jennie  Sawula,  Psychology 
Dr.  Harry  Schachter,  Biochemistry 
Prof.  H.  Bruce  Schroeder,  Division  of  Social 
Sciences 

Dr.  Harold  Segal,  Faculty  of  Pharmacy 
Prof.  Brenda  Segall,  Spanish  6c  Portuguese 
Prof.  Dipak  Sen,  Mathematics 
Mrs.  Shirley  Seto,  Data,  Map  6c  Government 
Information  Services,  Library 
Dr.  Hadia  D.  Shakeel,  Near  6c  Middle 
Eastern  Civilizations 

Dr.  Allan  S.  Sharp,  Department  of  Medicine 
Mrs.  Michiko  Shimizu,  Materials  Processing, 
Library 

Prof.  Malcolm  D.  Silver,  Office  of  the  Dean, 
Faculty  of  Medicine 
Dr.  Jean  Sislian,  Institute  for  Aerospace 
Studies 

Mr.  Milan  Smeh,  Physical  Plant,  Erindale 
Dr.  David  Smith,  Victoria  University 
Prof.  Jean  Smith,  Political  Science 
Prof.  Larry  Smith,  Economics 
Dr.  Leonard  Smith,  Obstetrics  6c  Gynecology 
Prof.  Stuart  Smith,  Civil  Engineering 
Dr.  G.E.  Douglas  Snell,  Otolaryngology 
Dr.  John  Speakman,  Ophthalmology 


James  Toguri 

Metallurgy  and  Materials  Science 


James  Toguri  plans  to  spend  the  next  couple  of 
years  winding  down  his  involvement  with  his 
graduate  students  (he  has  taught  66  of  them  over 
the  years)  and  “writing  a couple  of  books.  ” Toguri, 
who  came  to  U of  T from  Noranda  Inc.  in  1 966, 
says  he  never  looked  back.  “I  think  the  university 
job  is  the  best  possible  for  a researcher.  Your 
freedom  as  a professor  is just  amazing.  ” 


Prof.  David  Stager,  Economics 
Mrs.  Helen  Staszewski,  Buildings  8c 
Grounds,  Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  Taylor  Statten,  Psychiatry 
Prof.  William  Stauble,  Family  6c 
Community  Medicine 
Prof.  Gerald  Steuart,  Civil  Engineering 
Prof.  Jeffery  Stinson,  Architecture  6c 
Landscape  Architecture 
Dr.  Neil  Straus,  Botany 
Dr.  Steven  Styliadis,  Health 
Administration 

Mrs.  Yvonne  Szubert,  Athletics  6c 
Recreation 


Dr.  Ronald  R.  Tasker,  Surgery 
Dr.  Insup  Taylor,  Psychology 
Dr.  Douglas  Thompson,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Prof.  Roger  Thomson,  Slavic  Languages  6c 
Literatures 

Dr.  James  Till,  Medical  Biophysics 
Prof.  Rubin  Todres,  Faculty  of  Social  Work 
Prof.  James  Toguri,  Metallurgy  6c  Materials 
Science 

Mrs.  ZoraTrajcevska,  Buildings  6c  Grounds, 
Facilities  6c  Services 
Dr.  Zora  Tretina,  Psychiatry 


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Mr.  Jake  Unger,  Institute  for  Aerospace  Studies 


Dr.  Kenneth  Vassal,  Medical  Imaging 
Mrs.  Mary  Vassallo,  Technical  Services 


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Prof.  Gary  Waklers,  Psychology 
Prof.  Alan  Walker,  Division  of  Physical 
Sciences 

Miss  Chih-Chuang  Wang,  East  Asian 
Studies 

Prof.  William  Waters,  Rotman  School  of 
Management 

Dr.  G.  David  L.  Watt,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Dr.  H.  James  Watt,  Department  of 
Medicine 

Prof.  Jack  Wayne,  Transitional  Year 
Program 

Prof.  Lilian  Wells,  Faculty  of  Social  Work 
Prof.  Gordon  F.  West,  Physics 
Prof.  George  Will,  Civil  Engineering 
Mrs.  Ophelia  Wilson,  Faculty  Registrar 
Miss  Joan  Winearls,  Data,  Map  6c  Government 
Information  Services,  Library 
Mrs.  Helga  Wischnewsky,  German 
Prof.  Thomas  Wolfe,  OISE/UT 
Mr.  David  Wong,  Nutritional  Sciences 


Mrs.  Patricia  Yamamoto,  V.W.  Bladen 
Library,  Scarborough 
Dr.  James  Yao,  Surgery 
Mr.  James  Yates,  Purchasing  Department 
Prof.  Annette  Yeager,  OISE/UT 
Ms.  Nancy  Young,  Gerstein  Science 
Information  Centre 


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Mrs.  Christine  Zammit,  Buildings  6c 
Grounds,  Facilities  8c  Services 
Dr.  Alvin  Zipursky,  Pediatrics 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 7 — Monday,  June  22, 1998 


Budget  Report  Offers  New  Funding  for  Academic  Priorities 


Allocations  from  the  Academic  Priorities  Fund 

Base  Budget  Allocations  (in  $million) 


8.3  Academic  Positions 


Total  Allocation:  $ 1 4.5  million 


Report  on  the 
1998-2000  Budget 

from  Adel  Sedra, 

Vice-President  and  Provost 

At  its  meeting  of  June  4,  1 998  the 
Academic  Board  voted  without  dissent  to 
recommend  for  approval  to  Governing 
Council  a two-year  budget  for  the 
University.  The  Business  Board  concurred 
with  this  recommendation  on  June  1 8, 

1 998,  and  the  Budget  Report,  1 998-2000 
will  proceed  to  the  Governing  Council  for 
final  approval  on  June  25,  1 998. 

The  1998-2000  budget  was  prepared 
following  the  new  Long-Range  Budget 
Guidelines,  1998-2004  which  were 
approved  by  Governing  Council  on 
April  30,  1 998. These  guidelines,  which 
overlap  the  last  two  years  of  the  cur- 
rent 1994-2000  planning  period,  project 
a two-year  recovery  period,  1998-2000, 
during  which  the  University  will  contin- 


ue to  make  up  for  the  huge  reduction 
in  its  operating  grant  imposed  by  the 
provincial  government  in  1 995. The  peri- 
od 2000-2004  projects  modest  growth, 
allowing  the  University  to  begin  to  close 
the  gap  with  its  peer  institutions 
through  a number  of  years  of  continued 
revenue  growth  and  program  quality 
enhancement. 

This  brief  report  aims  to  inform  the 
University  community  of  the  highlights  of 
the  1 998-2000  budget. 

Budget  Highlights 

The  1 998-2000  budget  has  a number  of 
significant  features: 

(1)  It  is  a two-year  budget,  thus  providing 
predictability  argd  stability  in  the  last 
two  years  of  the  current  planning 
period,  as  well  as  enabling  us  to  make 
two-year  allocations  from  the  priori- 
ties funds; 

(2)  It  brings  the  annual  operating  budget 
into  balance  in  the  last  year  of  the 
present  plan  period,  i.e.  1 999-2000, 
and  brings  the  accumulated  deficit  at 
the  end  of  the  period  below  the  limit 
set  by  Governing  Council  policy; 

(3)  It  includes  no  new  budget  reductions; 

(4)  It  includes  substantial  allocations  from 
the  Academic  Priorities  Fund  for  pro- 
gram-quality  enhancement; 

(5)  It  makes  a significant  new  allocation  to 
the  student  financial  support  budget, 
bringing  the  annual  spending  in  this 
area  to  over  $50  million  by  1 999- 
2000. 


Revenue  and  Expense 

The  Recommended  1998-2000 
Operating  Budget  and  Financial  Report  is 
displayed  below.  As  the  table  shows,  the 
operating  grant  from  the  Government  of 
Ontario  will  remain  essentially  unchanged 
over  the  two-year  period,  at  about  $340 
million.  On  the  other  hand,  the  revenue 
from  student  tuition  fees  is  scheduled  to 
rise  by  about  $40  million,  again  over  the 
two-year  period.  Both  of  these  revenue 
predictions  are  fairly  secure:  the 
Government  of  Ontario  made  a two-year 
funding  announcement  last  December 
and  the  Governing  Council  approved  a 
two-year  tuition-fee  schedule  on  May  28, 
1998.  The  Table  also  includes,  for  the  first 
time,  the  income  from  all  student  support 
and  faculty  chair  endowments,  totalling 
about  $26  million  in  1999-2000. 

The  expense  budget  indicates  that 
expenditures  in  only  two  areas  are  planned 
to  grow  substantially  over  the  two-year 


period:  academic  programs  and  student 
assistance.  The  Table  also  shows  the  bot- 
tom line:  while  the  budget  for  1 998-99 
predicts  a deficit  of  about  $ 1 6 million,  that 
for  1 999-2000  is  planned  to  be  essentially 
balanced,  with  the  accumulated  deficit  in 
2000  reduced  to  $8.7  million. 

Funding  Academic  Priorities 

The  highlight  of  this  Budget  Report  is  the 
proposed  allocation  to  the  academic  and 
academic  support  divisions,  of  $ 1 4.5  mil- 
lion in  base  funding  from  the  Academic 
Priorities  Fund  (APF),  and  over  $ 1 7 mil- 
lion in  one-time-only  (OTO)  funding  from 
a combination  of  the  Academic  Priorities 
Fund  and  the  Academic  Transitional  Fund 
(ATF).  These  allocations  have  been  in 
part  made  possible  by  the  increase  in  rev- 
enue resulting  from  the  increase  in  tuition 
fees.  These  budget  allocations  will  result 
among  other  things  in: 

• the  creation  of  1 06  new  faculty  posi- 
tions in  areas  of  high  academic  priority; 

• the  establishment  of  28  new  faculty 
positions,  again  in  areas  of  high  priority, 
subject  to  raising  the  necessary  funds 
for  matched  chairs,  under  the 
University’s  matching  chairs  program; 

• the  addition  of  43  FTE  administrative 
and  technical  staff  to  support  the  deliv- 
ery of  academic  programs  and  services; 

• a substantial  increase  (over  $1  million) 
in  the  Teaching  Assistants  budget; 

• a substantial  infusion  of  new  funding 
($  1 .4  million)  to  the  Graduate 
Fellowships  Budget.  This  is  in  addition 
to  $900,000  that  will  be  added  to  the 


Graduate  Fellowships  Budget  as  a result  of 
the  30  per  cent  student  aid  reinvestment 
of  revenue  from  increased  tuition  fees; 

• a significant  allocation  to  the  Library,  not 
only  for  new  information  technology 
but  also  to  decrease  the  backlog  in  cat- 
aloguing, to  make  possible  the  hiring  of 
new  Librarians  in  priority  areas,  and  to 
ensure  that  the  Library  remains  open 
during  holiday  periods; 

• upgrading  laboratory  and  other  instruc- 
tional equipment  as  well  as  computing 
and  internet  access. 

The  1 998-2000  Budget  Report  also  allo- 
cates $5.2  million  from  the  University 
Infrastructure  Investment  Fund  for  such 
projects  as:  Phase  II  of  the  Information 
Commons,  deferred  maintenance  projects, 
and  upgrading  the  campus  backbone. 

These  initiatives  are  planned  to  result 
in  significant  enhancement  to  the  quality 
of  our  programs  and  services  both  in 
the  medium  and  long-term.  They  should 
go  some  distance  toward  reversing  the 


damage  suffered  as  a result  of  the  con- 
tinued erosion  in  the  University's  per- 
student  expenditures  and  the  resulting 
growing  disparity  with  our  peer  institu- 
tions. Specifically,  while  the  proposed 
budget  does  not  include  new  reduc- 
tions it  should  not  be  forgotten  that 
previously  assigned  reductions  mean 
that  the  various  divisions  will  be  imple- 
menting a base  budget  reduction  of 
about  nine  per  cent  on  average  over 
the  next  two  years. 

Finally,  a word  on  what's  next:  A bud- 
get update  including  further  APF  alloca- 
tions for  divisions  that  have  not  complet- 
ed their  plans  will  be  presented  in  the 
Spring  of  1 999. This  will  be  followed  by  a 
new  round  of  long-range  planning,  an 
exercise  that  will  be  aimed  at  closing  the 
gap  with  the  best  public  research  universities 
in  North  America. 

/Qz&J  S’ . 

Adel  Sedra 

Vice-President  and  Provost 


Recommended 

1998-2000 

Operating  Budget 

1997-98 

1998-99 

1999-2000 

Budget 

Budget 

Budget 

($million] 

($million) 

($million) 

Income 

Government  Operating  Grants 

339.1 

336.2 

339.4 

Student  and  Tuition  Fees 

160.1 

177.6 

201.7 

Endowment  Income 

10.1 

23.5 

26.3 

Other  Income 

28.7 

28.8 

30.8 

Divisional  Income 

61.8 

61.8 

61.8 

Municipal  Taxes 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

Total 

602.7 

630.8 

662.9 

Expense 

Academic 

394.0 

401.7 

405.5 

Academic  Services 

56.2 

54.7 

54.8 

Administration 

53.0 

52.6 

52.0 

Student  Assistance 

22.7 

42.9 

52.2 

Campus/Student  Services 

13.1 

14.2 

14.2 

Maintenance/Services 

35.4 

37.9 

37.9 

Utilities 

21.5 

21.2 

21.3 

General  University 

21.4 

18.7 

21.0 

Municipal  Taxes 

2.9 

2.9 

2.9 

Total 

620.2 

646.8 

661.8 

Operating  Surplus/(Deficit) 

(17.5) 

(16.0) 

l.l 

Accumulated  Surplus/(Deficit) 

(2.1) 

(13.3) 

(8.7) 

A complete  copy  of  the  Budget  Report  can  be  obtained  by 
contacting  the  Office  of  the  Vice-President  and  Provost 


Allocations  from  the 

Academic  Transitional  and  Priorities  Fund 

One-Time-Only  Allocations  (in  $million) 


3.5  Librarie 


2.5 

Renovations  & 
Classroom 
Upgrades 


2.2  Early 
Retirements  and 
Severance 


6. 1 Information  Technology  & 
Lab  Equipment 


Academic 
Priorities  Fund: 
$10.0.  million 

Academic 
Transitional  Fund: 
$7.4  million 


3. 1 Other  Program  Support 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 8 — Monday  June  22, 1998 


Letters 


Evidence  supports 

OBEDIENCE 

I found  Trevor  Lloyd’s  letter  in  the 
April  20  issue  of  The  Bulletin  quite 
astounding.  Unfortunately  I was 
out  of  the  country  when  it 
appeared  and  simply  have  not  had 
the  time  since  to  reply  to  it. 

For  me  the  King  James  version 
of  the  Bible  is  a tool,  now  nearly 
400  years  old,  and  I simply  cannot 
use  a translation  of  the  Bible  that 
is  prior  to  all  modern  text-critical 
tools,  new  discoveries  of  hundreds 
of  manuscripts  including  papyri 
and  the  Dead  Sea  Scrolls,  in  short 
not  based  on  modern  lexicography. 
If  Lloyd  and  Graeme  Nicholson 
insist  on  relying  on  the  King  James 
version  then  at  least  let  them  reck- 
on with  the  notion  I spell  out  in 
my  book  that  400  years  ago  the 
word  “betray”  in  old  English 
meant  simply  “hand  over.”  It 
comes  as  no  surprise  to  me  that 
Lloyd  found  so  many  modern  ver- 
sions of  the  Bible  that  mistranslate 
the  word,  in  fact  that  is  precisely 
why  I wrote  the  book. 

Lloyd’s  challenge  that  “until 
Klassen  convinces  some  of  these 
authorities,  he  cannot  expect  to 
make  much  of  an  impression  by 
issuing  challenges  to  debate  points 
of  philology  to  people  like  me” 
further  puzzles  me.  I am  not  inter- 
ested in  making  “an  impression.” 

I am  a scholar  seeking  to  present 
some  evidence  widely  known 
among  scholars,  but  whose  conse- 
quences appear  not  to  have  been 
drawn.  Surely  that  is  why  we  write 
books,  to  evaluate  widely  held 
views,  we  do  not  write  only  to 
gather  up  majority  opinions.  I had 
to  go  behind  Liddell  and  Scott’s 
Greek-English  Lexicon,  Thayer’s 
Greek-English  Lexicon  and  Bauer’s 
great  Greek  Lexicon  to  show  that 
they  had  misread  the  evidence. 

So  far  no  scholar  has  challenged 
the  basic  evidence  I present  in 
Chapter  3. 

To  answer  the  question  Lloyd 
poses  in  his  letter:  Yes  I believe 
that  Judas’  act  could  well  have 
been  an  act  of  obedience  to  Jesus. 

I have  more  evidence  to  support 
that  view  than  there  is  for  any  act 
of  betrayal.  Consider  that  Jesus 
commanded  him  “to  do  quickly 
what  you  are  going  to  do”  (John 
13:27);  according  to  many  scholars 
this  was  an  order.  Moreover  when 
he  met  him  at  the  time  of  the 
arrest  he  fervently  kissed  him  (so 
the  Greek,  Matthew  26:49;  Mark 
14:45).  According  to  Matthew  he 
said:  “Friend,  do  what  you  are  here 
to  do”  (26:50).  Finally  according 
to  Luke,  Peter  described  what 
Judas  did  as  being  a guide  to  those 
who  arrested  Jesus,  “for  he  was 
one  of  us  and  was  allotted  his 
share  in  this  ministry”  (Acts  1:17). 
Can  you  imagine  Peter  describing 
what  Judas  did  as  a ministry,  a 
diakonia,  one  of  the  noblest  words 
in  the  New  Testament,  if  Judas 


actually  had  betrayed  Jesus?  Is 
there  even  one  word  of  rebuke 
from  Jesus  about  what  Judas  did? 
Why  should  I not  take  it  then 
as  an  act  of  obedience?  Anatol 
Rapoport  correctly  interpreted 
me  on  this  issue. 

William  Kalssen 
Centre  for  the  Study  of 
Religion 

Pension  lament 

MISUNDERSTOOD 

Since  I served  on  the  pension 
advisory  committee  in  my  capacity 
as  the  faculty  association’s  vice- 
president  for  salary  and  benefits 
(1990-1993)  I do  not  need  an 
uninformed  lecture  by  Marie 
Howes  on  the  operation  of  the 
university’s  retirement  plan 
(Letters,  June  1).  Let  me  suggest 
that  those  interested  in  an  accurate 
rendering  of  the  inadequacies  of 
the  pension  plan  refer  to  the  letter 
recently  sent  to  all  faculty  by  my 
successor  Lloyd  Gerson. 

Howes  seems  unaware  that  the 
plan  was  originally  placed  into  a 
surplus  position  on  the  basis  of  a 
change  in  actuarial  assumptions, 
not  performance.  This  enabled  the 
university  to  divert  hundreds  of 
millions  of  dollars  into  an 
endowed  adjustment  fund. 

I was  not  complaining  about 
the  current  performance  of  the 
pension  fund.  My  lament  is  that 
because  we  have  a defined  benefits 
plan,  we  do  not  see  an  actual 
improvement  in  our  pensions  now 
that  the  fund  is  performing  well. 

My  other  point  was  that  we  do 
not  benefit  all  that  greatly  from  a 
pension  holiday.  If  we  make  no 
contributions,  we  will  not  have 
anything  to  enter  on  line  207  of 
the  tax  form.  The  loss  of  that 
deduction  coupled  with  bracket 
creep  resulting  from  de-indexing 
means  that  our  level  of  taxation  in 
1997  over  the  previous  year  far 
exceeds  the  marginal  dollar. 

Lastly  I am  astounded  that  a 
financial  planner  would  defend  the 
late  notification  to  our  colleagues 
about  the  RRSP  recalculation. 
Many  colleagues  did  not  find 
filing  a T3012A  a simple  matter. 
Those  who  are  returning  from 
sabbatical  are  going  to  face 
extended  aggravation  from 
Revenue  Canada. 

Arthur  Rubinoff 
Political  science 

Letters  Deadlines 

July  10  for  July  20 
June  14  for  June  24 
Letters  may  be  edited  for  brevity 
or  clarity.  Please  send  to  Ailsa 
Ferguson,  associate  editor, 

21  King’s  College  Circle; 
fax:  978-7430;  e-mail: 
ailsa. ferguson@utoronto.ca 


On  the  Other  Hand 

BY  NICHOLAS  P A S H L E Y 

Lives  Liv’d 


Dear  friends,  we  gather  today 

to  remember  one  who  served  us 
well,  who  was  a friend  to  many.  Today  we 
lay  to  rest  the  apostrophe  (born  circa 
1530,  died  1998).  Oh,  the  apostrophe  will 
not  see  the  lavish  praise  or  the  heartfelt 
mourning  that  attended  the  passing  of, 
say,  the  late  Princess  of  Wales.  Nor,  it 
must  be  said,  did  the  apostrophe  display 
that  perfect  princess’s  beauty.  Yet  the  apostrophe’s 
amusing,  tadpole-like  bearing,  its  jaunty  buoyancy,  its 
merry  little  tail  turned  leftward,  except  in  some  fonts 
that  prefer  a straight  downward  approach,  all  spoke  of 
its  cheerful  readiness  to  announce  a contraction,  to 
signal  a possessive. 

Although  we  might  not  remember  it  as  we  would 
a princess,  our  friend  the  apostrophe  touched  many 
lives  over  its  nearly  five  centuries  among  us.  The  ref- 
erence books  suggest  that  it  entered  our  language  in 
about  1530.  Into  our  lives  it  strode,  cocksure  and  con- 
fident that  it  had  much  to  offer  us.  There  it  was,  ready 
for  Shakespeare  and  Milton,  ready  for  the  King  James 
Bible:  “And  Adam  called  his  wife’s  name  Eve.”  The 
first  scriptural  apostrophe. 

Friends,  weep  not  for  the  apostrophe  but  recall  the 
many  happy  cants  and  shan’ts  and  shouldn’ts  you 
shared.  Remember  that  long  day’s  journey  into  night. 
Love’s  labour’s  lost.  They  can’t  take  that  away  from 
me.  She  wouldn’t  say  yes,  she  wouldn’t  say  no.  Say  it’s 
only  a paper  moon.  Rock  ’n’  roil.  Victoria’s  Secret.  All 
of  these  impossible  — and  indeed  unthinkable  — 
without  our  diminutive  friend.  What  now  becomes  of 
Ireland,  home  of  O’Driscolls,  O’Connors  and 
O’Caseys? 

Of  course  it  is  natural  for  us  to  feel  anger:  anger  at 
the  demise  of  the  apostrophe  and  anger  at  the  man- 
ner of  its  passing.  Better  the  apostrophe  had  been  left 


to  a natural  death.  But  no,  it  was  not  to 
be.  The  apostrophe  was  murdered,  brutal- 
ly slain  by  an  ignorant  gang  of  ruffians, 
or  ruffian’s,  as  they  themselves  would 
doubtless  put  it. 

The  first  blows  were  struck  by  the  so- 
called  greengrocer’s  apostrophe:  apple’s 
50  cents  a pound,  potatoes  $2  a bag. 
Blithely  we  laughed  to  see  such  foolish- 
ness, little  dreaming  what  was  to  come.  Soon  we 
began  to  see  signs  that  welcomed  us  to  the  home  of 
the  Smith’s  or,  even  worse,  the  Jones.  It  was  a slippery 
slope,  friends,  and  we  were  well  and  truly  upon  it. 

Come  the  1990s  we  had  slipped  so  far  we  might  as 
well  have  painted  ourselves  blue  with  woad  and 
danced  naked  on  Midsummer’s  Night. 

The  Internet,  of  course,  had  a lot  to  do  with  it.  It 
was  only  recently  revealed  that  an  evil  genius  at 
Microsoft  had  installed  a device  that  removes  apos- 
trophes from  their  rightful  place  in  all  electronic 
communications  and  inserts  them  elsewhere  at  ran- 
dom. It’s  the  only  possible  explanation.  The  sad  result 
is  that  there  are  now  only  11  English-speakers  who 
still  know  the  difference  between  its  and  it's , nine  of 
whom  are  readers  of  this  publication.  Not  to  mention 
the  unspeakable  abomination:  its , observed  earlier 
this  month  at  the  Harold  Washington  Public  Library 
in  Chicago.  It’s  now  rare  to  see  an  apostrophe  used  in 
its  correct  way.  It's  means  it  is ; that  is  all  it  means. 
Otherwise  use  its.  Its  means  that  you  are  in  the  hands 
of  an  unthinking  brute  who  hazarded  a guess  and  got 
it  desperately  wrong. 

But  anger  will  not  bring  our  friend  back.  Do  not 
yield  to  that  unhelpful  emotion.  Be  grateful  for  the 
years  we  had  and  keep  those  memories  of  the  proper- 
ly used  apostrophe  alive  in  your  hearts.  All’s  well, 
after  all,  that  ends  well. 


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vita.mel@syrnpatico.ca 

Annex,  south.  Spacious  Victorian  home  on 
Euclid  north  of  College:  three  bedrooms,  two 
bathrooms,  treed  backyard,  double  garage, 
laundry,  high  ceilings,  two  working  fireplaces, 
fully  furnished.  $1,800  inclusive  from 
September  1 998  to  June  1 999.  924-981 8. 

Danforth  and  Greenwood.  3-bedroom 
semi  opposite  large  treed  park  south  of 
Danforth.  5-minute  walk  to  subway.  Semi- 
furnished,  all  appliances.  Street  parking.  Non- 
smoking. $1 ,250+.  September  1 for  one  year. 
Call  466-1625. 

North  York.  4-bedroom  home,  furnished, 
quiet  neighbourhood,  all  appliances,  garden, 
finished  basement,  two-car  driveway,  close 
to  TTC.  No  pets.  Non-smoker(s). 
September/October  1998  — April  1999. 
$1 ,200/month  plus  utilities.  (41 6)  493-1 61 5. 

St.  Clair  & Yonge.  Furnished  1 -bedroom 
apartment  available  July  1,  1998  — June 
30, 1 999.  $800  per  month.  References.  (41 6) 
603-5428.  wallace@playfair.utoronto.ca 

Sabbatical  rental.  Sunny,  open-concept 
house,  two  bedrooms  plus  study  with  fin- 
ished basement,  2 bathrooms,  walk-out  to 
patio/garden,  furnished  and  equipped.  10 
minutes  to  campus,  Bloor/Ossington. 
September  1 , 1 998  for  1 0-1 2 months.  $1 ,500 
plus  utilities.  539-0299. 

Bloor  and  St.  George.  Bright,  partly  fur- 
nished, 1 0th-floor  suite,  1 bedroom  plus  den, 
2 bathrooms,  large  balcony.  Underground 
parking.  No  smokers/pets.  References 
required.  $1,800  monthly.  August  15,  1998 
for  one  year.  (416)  969-9603. 

Sabbatical  sublet.  Rosedale.  Close  to  TTC. 
Fully  furnished  2-bedroom  apartment.  Air- 
conditioned;  underground  parking.  Piano. 
Balcony  facing  ravine.  Very  quiet  building.  No 
pets.  August  15,  1998  — June  15,  1999. 
$1,600  inclusive.  Call  (416)  968-7022. 

Clinton  Street.  Beautiful  upper  2-storey,  2 
bedrooms,  2 baths,  decks,  renovated 
Victorian,  furnished.  Available  September  1 
or  earlier,  short-  or  long-term.  $1,800  + 
hydro.  (416)  588-9691. 


Accommodation 
Rentals  Required 


September  1 or  earlier.  Writer  wants 
bright,  charming  duplex  apartment/condo  in 
Annex  near  TTC,  pref.  Victorian  reno,  fire- 
place, en  suite  appliances.  Long  lease; 
would  consider  sabbatical.  I'm  responsible, 
stable,  don't  smoke.  References.  923-4183. 
cbishop@interlog.com 


Accommodation 

Shared 


Danforth  and  Broadview.  Fully  renovat- 
ed house  to  share.  Ideal  for  visiting  profes- 
sor or  doctoral  student.  TTC  1 5 minutes 
to  U of  T.  A 9x1 2 furnished  bedroom/office 
with  Mac  computer  21 " screen,  modem,  un- 
limited Web,  with  private  deck  over  backyard. 
$475.  All  appliances,  fireplace,  yard.  Street 
parking.  Non-smoking,  pet-free,  organized, 
quiet.  Includes  maid/utilities.  Call  Ken 
Shepard,  Ph.D.  463-0423. 

Summer,  possibly  longer.  Two-bedroom 
apartment  in  house  near  Danforth  and  TTC, 
to  share  with  woman,  non-smoker.  Laundry, 
can  furnish.  Available  room  on  separate  floor, 
leads  out  to  large  deck.  $450/month  inclusive. 
(416)  461-5189. 


Accommodation 

Overseas 


Provence,  South  of  France.  Furnished 
3-bedroom  house,  picturesque  village  of 
Puyloubier,  20  km.  east  of  Aix-en-Provence. 
Phone,  washer,  central  heating.  From  August 
1998.  $1,100  per  month  inclusive.  Beth,  (416) 
978-7458,  (416)  588-2580,  e-mail: 
b.savan@utoronto.ca 

Paris-Montmartre.  Perfect  sabbatical 
rental.  Bright,  spacious,  modernized,  fur- 
nished two-bedroom  apartment  overlooking 
peaceful  treed  courtyard.  Six  appliances. 
Secure.  Elevator.  Resident  concierge.  Excellent 
transportation/shopping.  No  pets/smoking. 
September  1.  $1,975  monthly.  (416)  978- 
4882  or  102063.2152@compuserve.com 


Bed  8c  Breakfast 


Bed  and  Breakfast  Guesthouse.  Walk  to 
U of  T.  Restored  Victorian  home.  Single,  dou- 
ble and  private  en-suite  accommodations. 
588-0560. 


Vacation  / Leisure 


Cottage  on  Georgian  Bay  (Wooland 
Beach).  2-bedroom  cottage  with  guest  cabin. 
Hot  water  shower,  nice  patio  deck  with  a 
barbeque.  Available  1st  week  of  July  or  1st 
2 weeks  of  August.  $650/week,  (416)  979- 
6912,  Erika. 


Houses  8c 
Properties 
For  Sale 


London,  Ontario.  London  bound? 

Contact  Associate  Broker  Douglas 
Cassan,  Royal  LePage  Triland  Realty,  at 
(51 9)  661  -0380  or  e-mail  at  douglascassan 
@royallepage.ca.  Specializing  in  the  univer- 
sity area  since  1976. 


Health  Services 


PERSONAL  COUNSELLING  in  a caring, 
confidential  environment.  U of  T extended 
health  benefits  provide  excellent  coverage. 
Evening  and  weekend  hours  available.  Dr. 
Ellen  Greenberg,  Registered  Psychologist, 
The  Medical  Arts  Building,  170  St.  George 
Street.  944-3799. 


INDIVIDUAL  AND  COUPLE  THERAPY. 

Twenty  years'  experience  in  counselling  for 
personal  and  relationship  difficulties. 
Coverage  under  staff  and  faculty  benefits.  Dr. 
Gale  Bildfell,  Registered  Psychologist,  114 
Maitland  Street  (Wellesley  & Jarvis).  972- 
6789. 

Individual  psychotherapy  for  adults. 

Evening  hours  available.  Extended  benefits 
coverage  for  U of  T staff.  Dr.  Paula  Gardner, 
Registered  Psychologist,  1 1 4 Maitland  Street 
(Wellesley  and  Jarvis).  469-631 7. 

PSYCHOANALYTIC  PSYCHOTHERAPY 

with  a Registered  Psychologist.  Dr.  June 
Higgins,  The  Medical  Arts  Building,  170  St. 
George  Street  (Bloor  and  St.  George).  928- 
3460. 

Psychologist  providing  individual  and 
group  psychotherapy.  Work  stress,  anxiety, 
depression  and  women's  health.  U of  T staff 
health  plan  covers  cost.  Dr.  Sarah  Maddocks, 
registered  psychologist,  1 14  Maitland  Street 
(Wellesley  & Jarvis).  972-1935  ext.  3321. 

Psychotherapy.  Dr.  Joan  Hulbert, 

Psychologist.  Yonge  Street  near  Davisville. 
(416)  465-9078.  Focus  on  depression, 
anxiety,  substance  abuse,  difficulties  with 
assertiveness,  relationship  problems,  self- 
esteem, abusive  relationships.  Fees  may  be 
covered  by  Employee  Health  Insurance  Plan. 

Dr.  Dianne  Fraser,  Psychologist.  Carlton 
at  Berkeley,  923-7146.  Brief  holistic  coun- 
selling and  EMDR.  Focus  on  stress,  depres- 
sion, anxiety,  phobia,  grief,  substance  abuse, 
relationships,  women's  issues.  Complete  or 
partial  reimbursement  through  UT/insurance 
benefits. 

Individual  cognitive  behavioural  psy- 
chotherapy. Practice  focussing  on  eating 
disorders,  depression,  anxiety  and  women's 
issues.  U of  T staff  extended  health  care  ben- 
efits provide  full  coverage.  Dr.  Janet  Clewes, 
Registered  Psychologist,  1 83  5t.  Clair  Avenue 
West  (St.  Clair  and  Avenue  Road).  929-3084. 

Psychological  services  for  children, 

adolescents  and  families.  Comprehensive 
assessment  of  learning  problems,  emotional 
and  behavioural  difficulties.  Individual  psy- 
chotherapy, parent  counselling.  Dr.  Meagan 
Smith  and  Dr.  Arlene  Young,  Registered 
Psychologists.  U of  T area.  926-0218.  Leave 
message. 

Dr.  Gina  Fisher,  Registered 
Psychologist.  Psychotherapy  for  depres- 
sion, anxiety,  relationship  problems,  stress, 
gay/lesbian  issues,  women's  issues.  U of  T 
extended  health  benefits  cover  fees.  Evening 
appointments  available.  The  Medical  Arts 
Building  (St.  George  and  Bloor).  (416)  932- 
8962. 

Psychological  Services  for  Infants  and 
Children.  Assessment  of  developmental  and 
learning  disabilities.  Benefits  packages  may 
provide  complete/partial  reimbursement.  Dr. 
Jo-Anne  Finegan,  Psychologist.  1300  Yonge 
Street,  south  of  St.  Clair.  (416)  927-1217. 

Psychotherapy  for  adults.  Depression, 
anxiety,  stress;  personal,  relationship,  fami- 
ly and  work  concerns.  Dr.  Carol  Musselman, 
Registered  Psychologist,  252  Bloor  Street 
West.  Call  923-6641  (ext.  2448)  for  a 
consultation.  Day  or  evening  hours.  May  be 
covered  by  extended  health  benefits. 

Psychologist  providing  individual, 
group  and  couple  therapy.  Personal  and 
relationship  issues.  U of  T extended  health 
plan  provides  some  coverage  for  psychological 


services.  For  a consultation  call  Dr.  Heather 
A.  White,  535-9432,  140  Albany  Avenue 
(Bathurst/Bloor). 

Dr.  Dvora  Trachtenberg,  Registered 
Psychologist.  Individual  psychotherapy. 
Couple/marital  psychotherapy.  Fees  covered 
by  U of  T staff  and  faculty  health  plan. 
Evening  appointments  available.  The  Medical 
Arts  Building  (St.  George/Bloor).  For  an 
appointment,  please  call  (416)  932-8962. 

DR.  WENDY  C.  CHAN  CONSULTANTS  of- 
fers culturally  sensitive  psychological  ser- 
vices by  Registered  Psychologist  and  associ- 
ates to  individuals,  couples,  families.  Therapy 
available  in  Cantonese,  Mandarin,  Spanish, 
Vietnamese,  English  for  work  and  academic 
stress,  depression,  anxiety,  pain  coping  prob- 
lems. Services  can  be  covered  through  health 
benefits  plan.  (416)  777-1612.  Front/Jarvis. 

Psychologists,  near  Scarborough 
Campus.  Individual  psychotherapy  for  de- 
pression, anxiety,  eating  disorders.  Dr.  Liza 
Weiser  (905)  660-3910  daytime;  Dr.  Eva 
Szekely  (416)  267-1736  evening  appoint- 
ments. U of  T faculty/staff  extended  health 
benefits  cover  costs. 

Marital  & Family  Counselling  covered  by 
U of  T and  other  insurance.  Intergenerational 
conflict  in  East  and  South  Asian  families. 
Adjustment  of  immigrants  to  new  culture. 
Alcohol/drug  problems.  Geriatric  concerns. 
Flexible  hours.  Dr.  Robert  L.  Fisher  (416)  422- 
3825. 

Electrolysis,  facials  (Gerovital-GH3). 

Waxing.  Men  & women.  Certified  electrolo- 
gists.  Safe,  sterile.  Introductory  offer,  pack- 
ages available.  7 days.  Guaranteed  quality  at 
lowest  prices  downtown.  Bay  Street  Clinic: 
1033  Bay,  #322,  921-1357;  Medical  Arts 
Building,  170  St.  George,  #700,  924-2355. 

MASSAGE  for  aches,  pains,  and  stress.  29 
years'  experience.  Medical  Arts  Building.  We 
will  bill  directly  for  your  potential  full  cover- 
age. Ann  Ruebottom,  B.A.,  R.M.T.  (1970). 
Tel.  9601 RMT  (960-1768). 

REGISTERED  MASSAGE  THERAPY. 

For  relief  of  muscle  tension,  chronic  pain 
and  stress.  Treatments  are  part  of  your  ex- 
tended health  care  plan.  170  St.  George 
Street  (at  Bloor).  For  appointment  call  Mindy 
Hsu,  B.A.,  R.M.T.  (416)  944-1312. 


Miscellany 


DATE  SOMEONE  IN  YOUR  OWN 
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Sisters,  Oxford,  Cambridge,  MIT,  Stanford,  ac- 
credited medical  schools,  meet  alumni  and 
academics.  The  Right  Stuff.  800-988-5288. 

TRAVEL-teach  English.  Government  ac- 
credited. 5-day/40-hour  TESOL  teacher  cer- 
tification course,  March  1 1 , May  6,  July  1 5, 
October  21  (or  by  correspondence).  1 ,000s  of 
jobs  available  NOW.  FREE  information  pack- 
age. Toll  free  1 -888-270-2941 . 

BOOKS  TO  GO?  We  need  them  all,  and 
we'll  pick  them  up.  Good  condition,  please. 
Leave  a message  at  (41 6)  978-6750.  The  big 
book  sale.  The  Friends  of  the  Library,  Trinity 
College. 

RECYCLE  YOUR  SURPLUS  BOOKS  NOW 

through  the  annual  University  College  Book 
Sale.  Proceeds  support  college  library.  For 
Toronto-wide  pickup  phone  (416)  978-2968 
or  fax  (416)  978-3802. 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 10  — Monday,  June  22, 1998 


Events 


Lectures 


Nanoscale  CMOS. 

Thursday,  July  9 
Philip  Wong,  IBM.  266  Pratt  Building. 
11  a.m.  Energenius  Centre  for  Advanced 
Nanotechnology 

Mathematics  in  Finance. 

Tuesday,  July  14 

Nobel  laureate  Robert  Merton,  Harvard 
University;  I.E  Block  Community  lec- 
ture; in  conjunction  with  the  1998  annu- 
al meeting  of  the  Society  for  Industrial  8c 
Applied  Mathematics.  Convocation 
Hall.  6:14  p.m. 


COLLOQUIA 


BYOT;  Bring  Your  Own  Topic. 

Thursday,  June  25 

Several  issues  in  research  ethics  will  be 
chosen  to  discuss;  speaker:  Prof.  Trudo 
Lemmens,  Joint  Centre  for  Bioethics 
and  Clarke  Institute  of  Psychiatry.  Dean’s 
Conference  Room,  Medical  Sciences 
Building.  12  noon.  Research  Services  and 
Research  Office,  Faculty  of  Medicine 


Seminars 


Educational  Restructuring 
in  a Portuguese  Context. 

Wednesday,  June  24 

Professor  Margarida  Fernandes, 
University  of  the  Algarve,  Portugal. 
Room  6-122,  252  Bloor  St.  W.  12  noon 
to  2 p.m.  International  Centre  for 
Educational  Change/TPS,  OISE/UT 

Molecular  Cloning  and  Inter- 
Individual  Variability  of  the 
Human  aryl  Hydrocarbon  (AH) 
Receptor. 

Wednesday,  June  24 
Judy  Wong,  PhD  candidate,  pharmacol- 
ogy. 4227  Medical  Sciences  Building. 
4 p.m.  Pharmacology 

Cross-Talk  Between  p53- 
Dependent  and  Independent 
Pathways. 

Tuesday,  June  30 
Varda  Rotter,  Weizman  Institute  of 
Science,  Rehovot,  Israel.  968  Mt.  Sinai 
Hospital.  12  noon.  Samuel  Lunenfeld 
Research  Institute 


Meetings  & 
Conferences 


Governing  Council 

Thursday,  June  25 
Council  Chamber,  Simcoe  Hall.  4:30  p.m. 

Planning  & Budget  Committee 

Tuesday,  June  30 

Dean’s  Conference  Room,  Medical 
Sciences  Building.  2 p.m. 


Exhibitions 


UNIVERSITY  OF  TORONTO 
ART  CENTRE 

To  June  26 
Windows  through 
the  Curtain,  1988 

David  Hlynsky,  selections  from  suite  of 
colour  photographs  of  artist’s  travels  in 
eastern  Europe.  Alcove  space. 

Douglas  Walker. 

Selections  from  Delta  and  Echo  series  of 
photo  works.  Boardroom  space. 

Christian  Artifacts 
from  Ethiopia. 

July  7 to  September  3 
Twenty  Ethiopian  artifacts  from  the 
Malcove  Collection  will  be  on  display, 
demonstrating  the  development  of  the 
manuscript  tradition  and  icon  painting  in 
Ethiopia;  in  commemoration  of  the  95th 
anniversary  of  the  birth  of  donor 
Lillian  Malcove.  Boardroom  space. 
Hours:  Tuesday  and  Friday,  11  a.m. 
to  4 p.m.;  Wednesday  and  Thursday, 
11  a.m.  to  7 p.m. 

ROBARTS  LIBRARY 
Honouring  the  Polish:  Canadian 
Poet  Stanislaw  Januszko. 

To  June  30 

Exhibition  in  honour  of  Polish- 
Canadian  poet  Stanislaw  Januszko  in  his 
85th  year.  Petro  Jacyk  Resource  Centre, 
Room  8002.  Hours:  Monday  to  Friday, 
10  a.m.  to  6 p.m. 

THOMAS  FISHER  RARE 
BOOK  LIBRARY 
Radicals  and  Revolutionaries: 
The  History  of  Canadian 
Communism  from  the 
Robert  S.  Kenny  Collection. 

To  July  10 

Explores  the  history  of  Canadian  com- 
munism through  a display  of  manu- 
scripts, ephemera,  photographs,  books, 
pamphlets  and  material  artifacts.  Hours: 
Monday  to  Friday,  9 a.m.  to  5 p.m. 

JUSTINA  M.  BARNICKE 
GALLERY 
HART  HOUSE 

June  25  to  July  23 
Feminen  Awaken. 

Evita  Schvallbe,  art  quilts.  East  Gallery. 

The  Alef  Beit  (Psalm  119). 

Nancy  Hazelgrove,  block  prints.  West 
Gallery.  Gallery  hours:  Monday  to 
Friday,  11  a.m.  to  7 p.m.;  Saturday,  1 to 
4 p.m. 


Miscellany 


Campus  Walking  Tours. 

To  August  28 

Hour-long  tours  of  the  downtown  cam- 
pus conducted  by  student  guides.  Tours 
available  in  English,  French,  German 
and  Mandarin.  Nona  Macdonald 
Visitors  Centre,  25  King’s  College 
Circle.  10:30  a.m.,  1 and  2:30  p.m., 
Monday  to  Friday.  Information:  978- 
0260. 


L 


igg$  Northrop  Frye  Awards 

inking  teaching  and  research  in  all  of  our  educational  pro- 
grams is  a central  objective  of  Planning  for  2000,  the 
White  Paper  on  the  university’s  future.  To  support  this 
objective,  the  University  of  Toronto  Alumni  Association  is  pleased 
to  join  the  Provost  in  sponsoring  the  Northrop  Frye  Awards. 

• Five  individual  prizes  ($2,000)  will  be  awarded  to  faculty 
members  who  demonstrate  innovative  and  exemplary  ways  of 
linking  teaching  and  research. 

• One  divisional  prize  ($6,000)  will  be  awarded  to  a faculty,  college, 
school  or  department  for  extraordinary  curriculum  innovation 
aimed  at  strengthening  the  link  between  teaching  and  research. 

The  Provost  and  the  UTAA  invite  members  of  the 
university  community  to  submit  nominations  for  these  awards. 


For  further  information  or  nomination  forms,  please  call 
(416)  978-4258  or  (4l6)  978-653 6 
E-mail:  louise.china@utoronto.ca 
Forms  are  also  available  at  reception,  21  King’s  College  Circle. 


Deadline  for  1998  nominations: 

5 p.m.,  Friday,  September  11,  1998 


Committees 


Chair,  Department  of  Theory  8t 
Policy  Studies  in  Education  at 
OISE/UT 

A search  committee  has  been  established  to 
recommend  a chair  of  the  department  of 
theory  and  policy  studies  in  education  at 
the  Ontario  Institute  for  Studies  in 
Education  of  the  University  of  Toronto. 
Members  are:  Professor  Michael  Fullan, 
dean,  OISE/UT  (chair);  Professors 
Stephen  Anderson,  sociology  and  equi- 
ty studies  in  education,  OISE/UT; 
Dwight  Boyd,  Lorna  Earl,  Denise 
Maldovic-Badaii,  Blair  Mascall,  James 
Ryan,  Teresa  Shanahan  and  Michael 
Skolnik,  theory  and  policy  studies  in 
education,  OISE/UT;  and  Susan 
Howson,  associate  dean,  Division  II, 
School  of  Graduate  Studies. 

The  committee  would  welcome 
nominations  and  submissions  from 
interested  members  of  the  university 


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Bulletin 

Summer 

Schedule 

The  summer  issues  of  The 

Bulletin  will  be  published  on 
July  20  and  Aug.  17.  The  deadline 
for  receipt  of  events  listings  and 
booking  of  display  ads  for  the  July 
issue  is  July  6.  Editorial  material 
and  classified  ads  should  be  in  The 
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College  circle  by  July  10.  The 
deadlines  for  the  August  issue  are 
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community  until  July  2.  These  should  be 
forwarded  to  Professor  Michael  Fullan 
at  OISE/UT,  252  Bloor  St.  W. 


Review 


Call  for  Nominations 
Provost  Adel  Sedra  has  issued  a call  for 
nominations  of  individuals  to  serve  on 
the  committee  to  review  the  Faculty  of 
medicine.  The  first  term  of  Professor 
Arnie  Aberman  ends  June  30, 1999. 
This  fall,  in  keeping  with  the  universi- 
ty’s established  practice  of  conducting 
periodic  divisional  reviews  at  the  end  of 
a dean’s  or  principal’s  term,  the  provost 
will  establish  a committee  to  assess  the 
faculty’s  accomplishments  during  the 
last  seven  years  and  to  make  recom- 
mendations for  the  future. 

Nominations  for  membership  of  the 
review  committee  should  be  directed 
to  Louis  Charpentier,  assistant  vice- 
provost (health  sciences),  by  July  10; 


he  can  be  reached  by  phone  at  978- 
6662;  fax,  971-1380;  e-mail,  l.charpentier 
@utoronto.ca. 

Call  for  Nominations 
Provost  Adel  Sedra  has  issued  a call for 
nominations  of  individuals  to  serve  on 
the  committee  to  review  the  Faculty  of 
Nursing.  The  second  term  of  Professor 
Dorothy  Pringle  ends  June  30,  1999. 
This  fall,  in  keeping  with  the  universi- 
ty’s established  practice  of  conducting 
periodic  divisional  reviews  at  the  end  of 
a dean’s  or  principal’s  term,  the  provost 
will  establish  a committee  to  assess  the 
faculty’s  accomplishments  during  the 
last  four  years  and  to  make  recommen- 
dations for  the  future. 

Nominations  for  membership  of  the 
review  committee  should  be  directed  to 
Louis  Charpentier,  assistant  vice-provost 
(health  sciences),  by  July  10;  he  can  be 
reached  by  phone  at  978-6662;  fax,  971- 
1380;  e-mail,  l.charpentier@utoronto.ca. 


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University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 11  — Monday  June  22, 1998 


The  Font  of  Aspiration 

Universities  mint  the  currency  of  human  development , says  honorary  graduate 

By James  Downey 


Nr OT  KNOWING  WHO  ELSE  MIGHT  BE 
in  attendance  this  afternoon,  and  not 
wishing  to  leave  anyone  out  of  my 
salutation,  I thought  it  best  to  use  E.J.  Pratt’s 
Inventory  of  Hades'. 

Statesmen  and  apothecaries, 

Poets,  plumbers,  antiquaries, 

Premiers  with  their  secretaries, 

Home  and  foreign  missionaries. . . 

Scribes  with  wide  phylacteries, 

Publicists  and  Sadducees, 

Scholars,  saints  and  PhDs. 

I hope  that  language  is  inclusive  enough. 

There  may,  of  course,  be  an  overrepresentation 
of  scholars  and  PhD’s  in  this  congregation,  and 
an  underrepresentation  of  saints,  but  that  is  ac- 
ceptable. This,  after  all,  is  an  academic  convo- 
cation, not  an  ecclesiastical  one.  And  saints, 
after  all,  as  Oscar  Wilde  observed,  “are  only 
dead  sinners,  revised  and  edited.” 

Someone  once  said  of  Henry  James  that  there 
were  three  phases  to  his  writing:  James  the  first, 

James  the  second  and  the  Old  Pretender.  James 
the  Old  Pretender  is  what  I feel  like  this  after- 
noon as  I contemplate  what  it  means  to  be 
admitted  to  the  illustrious  company  of  men 
and  women  who  constitute  the  honoris  causa 
graduates  of  this  great  university. 

There  is  a certain  promiscuity  in  the  way 
university  people  use  adjectives  such  as  “great” 
and  “excellent”  to  refer  to  their  programs,  their  colleagues, 
their  institutions.  Language,  like  the  economy,  is  vulnerable  to 
inflation  and  nowhere  are  the  inflationary  forces  stronger  than 
in  the  academy.  What  then  does  it  mean  to  say  Toronto  is  a 
great  university?  It  means,  to  me,  an  amalgam  of  qualities, 
achievements  and  attributes: 

• the  historic  role  the  institution  has  played  in  the  intellec- 
tual, cultural,  economic  and  scientific  development  of 
Canada; 

• the  formative  relationship  in  which  it  has  stood  and  stands 
to  the  major  professions; 

• the  role  it  has  played  over  time  as  the  principal  source  of 
academic  staff  for  other  Canadian  universities; 

• the  great  institutions  beyond  Canada  to  which  it  is  com- 
pared and  by  whose  standards  it  seeks  to  measure  its  own 
progress; 

• the  intellectual  distinction  and  hegemony  of  its  faculty 
through  the  years  in  every  major  field  of  human  inquiry  from 
literature  to  lasers  to  law; 

• the  prominence  of  its  alumni  in  public  life,  the  professions 
and  business; 

• the  consistently  high  quality  of  its  students  and  programs 
as  attested  to  by  their  success  in  national  and  international 
competitions; 

• and,  finally,  its  ability  to  attract  superior  leadership  and  ad- 
equate resources  to  renew  again  and  again  both  its  mission 
and  its  preeminence. 

By  these  criteria  Toronto  is  the  Canadian  university  that  has 
made  the  broadest  and  deepest  contribution  to  Canadian  so- 
ciety and  to  international  scholarship.  It  has  done  so  for  many 
generations,  and,  what  is  best,  under  the  brilliant  leadership  of 
its  president  it  seems  poised  on  the  threshold  of  a new  centu- 
ry to  do  so  again.  In  Claude  Bissell’s  elegant  phrase,  the 
University  of  Toronto  has  “firmly  established  itself  on  the  main 
trade  routes  of  the  mind.”  It  is  in  that  sense  Canada’s  flagship 
university. 


Universities  are  remarkably  durable  institutions. 
Clark  Kerr  reminds  us  in  a recent  book  that  there  are  only  70 
institutions  in  the  West  that  have  been  in  continuous  existence 
since  the  Reformation.  Two  of  them  are  churches,  the  Roman 
Catholic  and  the  Lutheran;  two  of  them  are  parliaments  — of 
Iceland  and  the  Isle  of  Man.  The  other  66  are  universities. 


Throughout  the  past  800  years,  however,  the  fortunes  of 
universities  have  waxed  and  waned  and  the  waning  periods 
have  been  by  far  the  more  extended.  In  the  18th  century,  for 
example,  the  universities  of  Oxford  and  Cambridge  came  close 
to  collapsing  from  intellectual  inertia  and  social  irrelevance.  With 
tongue  firmly  in  cheek  — a favourite  position  for  him  — 
Jonathan  Swift  pronounced  Oxford  a great  seat  of  learning,  for, 
as  he  put  it,  all  the  students  who  entered  were  required  to 
bring  some  learning  with  them  in  order  to  meet  the  standards 
of  admission,  but  no  graduate  ever  took  any  learning  away,  and 
thus  it  steadily  accumulated. 

One  of  those  who  took  nothing  away  was  the  historian 
Edward  Gibbon,  who  spoke  for  many  when  he  said:  “To  the 
University  of  Oxford  I acknowledge  no  obligation;  and  she 
will  as  cheerfully  renounce  me  for  a son,  as  I am  willing  to  dis- 
claim her  for  a mother.  I spent  14  months  at  Magdalen  College: 
they  proved  the  14  months  the  most  idle  and  unprofitable  of 
my  whole  life.” 


The  lion  and  the  lamb 

WILL  LIE  DOWN  TOGETHER 
BUT  THE  LAMB 
WON’T  GET  MUCH  SLEEP 


By  contrast,  I doubt  that  there  ever  has  been  a period  in  the 
history  of  universities  when  they  have  been,  and  have  been 
seen  to  be,  as  central  to  the  hopes  and  ambitions  of  society  as 
they  are  now.  We  have  known  all  along  that  knowledge  is  the 
basis  for  human  development;  now  it  turns  out  to  be  the 
currency  of  economic  prosperity  as  well.  And  universities 
are  the  principal  mints  of  that  currency. 

This  is  both  good  news  and  bad  for  universities.  If  it  is  true, 
as  John  Henry  Newman  observed,  that  “the  common  sense  of 
mankind  has  associated  the  search  after  truth  with  seclusion  and 
quiet,”  then  I’m  afraid  we  can  forget  about  the  search  for  truth. 
For  no  social  institution  that  is  judged  to  be  essential  to  a na- 
tion’s progress  will  be  allowed  much  seclusion.  As  Woody 
Allen  has  somewhere  said,  “The  lion  and  the  lamb  will  lie 


down  together,  but  the  lamb  won’t  get  much 
sleep.” 

But  as  any  Anglican  will  tell  you,  Newman 
didn’t  always  get  it  right.  On  the  positive  side, 
there  is  a marvellous  challenge  and  adventure 
inherent  in  the  present  situation.  This  is  our 
chance  to  show  what  a beneficial  and  trans- 
forming influence  the  university  can  have  when 
it  is  valued  and  heeded.  Northrop  Frye  used  to 
argue,  and  compellingly,  that  it  was  the  world 
represented  by  the  university  that  was  the  real 
world  because  its  essence  was  a body  of  knowl- 
edge and  a set  of  values  that  were  abiding  and 
constantly  being  verified  by  rational  argument, 
empirical  experiment  and  imaginative  percep- 
tion. Within  that  corpus  of  knowledge  and 
that  constellation  of  values  were  the  tools  and 
materials  to  build  out  of  the  world  we  live  in 
a vision  of  the  world  we  aspire  to  live  in. 

What  Frye  had  in  mind  was  not  a gauzy 
abstraction  but  something  much  more 
functional.  Listen  to  him: 

“Every  person  with  any  function  in  society 
at  all  will  have  some  kind  of  ideal  vision  of  that 
society  in  the  light  of  which  he  operates.  One 
can  hardly  imagine  a social  worker  going  out 
to  do  case  work  without  thinking  of  her  as 
having,  somewhere  in  her  mind,  a vision  of  a 
better,  cleaner,  healthier,  more  emotionally 
balanced  city,  as  a kind  of  mental  model  in- 
spiring the  work  she  does.  One  can  hardly  imagine  in  fact  any 
professional  person  not  having  such  a social  model  — a world 
of  health  for  the  doctor  or  of  justice  for  the  judge  — nor  would 
such  a social  vision  be  confined  to  the  professions. 

“It  seems  to  me  in  fact  that  a Utopia  should  be  conceived,  not 
as  an  impossible  dream  of  an  impossible  ideal,  but  as  the  kind 
of  working  model  of  society  that  exists  somewhere  in  the  mind 
of  every  sane  person  who  has  any  social  function.” 

It  is  the  empowering  of  this  idealism  that  is  the  overarching 
purpose  of  the  university.  It  is  this  we  must  ensure  is  not  sacri- 
ficed to  economic  functionalism.  Important  though  it  is  to  serve 
the  current  needs  of  the  society  that  supports  us  — to  forge,  dis- 
seminate and  transfer  useful  knowledge,  to  educate  and  to  train 
for  the  professions,  to  respond  to  labour-market  demands  — it 
is  even  more  important  to  hold  fast  to  the  transcendent  and  trans- 
forming vision  of  which  Frye  speaks,  for  it  is  that  vision  which, 
when  realized,  will  harmonize  and  ennoble  disparate  human 
aspirations  and  activities  and  weave  a pattern  of  meaning  and 
significance  into  the  Brownian  nature  of  human  experience. 


I HOPE  YOU  WHO  GRADUATE  TODAY  WITH  ADVANCED 
degrees  in  many  fields  of  academic  and  professional  competence 
have  a sense  of  all  this.  I hope  we  haven’t  so  isolated  and  insu- 
lated you  in  your  corridors  of  specialization  that  you  haven’t  had 
time  or  occasion  to  explore  the  splendid  edifice  of  knowledge 
that  a great  university  represents.  If  we  have,  don’t  despair;  you 
will  have  the  rest  of  your  lives  to  remedy  the  situation.  You  will 
need  the  university  in  a way  earlier  generations  of  graduates 
didn’t.  You  will  have  greater  professional  requirements  to 
know  about  the  methods  and  results  of  academic  research  in  your 
various  fields.  This  will  be,  in  part,  the  basis  of  a lifelong 
connection  with  your  Alma  Mater. 

But  I hope  there  will  be  more  than  that.  I hope  that  you  will 
expect  of  your  university  that  it  should  give  leadership  in  the 
future,  as  it  ha»done  in  the  past,  in  the  building  of  a more 
enlightened,  tolerant  and  compassionate  society.  For  if  there  is 
such  a thing  as  “lifelong  learning,”  there  is  also  such  a thing  as 
“lifelearn  longing,”  that  is,  a longing  to  learn  that  is  life-deep 
and  life-wide  as  well  as  lifelong.  For  as  long  as  its  graduates 
express  this  need,  a great  university  will  seek  to  meet  it. 

James  Downey  is  president  of  the  University  of  Waterloo.  He  spoke 
as  an  honorary  graduate  at  convocation  ceremonies  June  11. 


University  of  Toronto  Bulletin  — 12  — Monday,  June  22, 1998 


GAIL  GELTNER